That stuff soaks up an ungodly amount of water. I ran into the same problem when I used it, spraying it with a spray bottle was pointless as you needed to literally soak it to get it to hold water. Like KMG said, you need to slowly pour water on it while stirring it, thus why I hate the stuff but that's another storyAlso keep it stirred every few days as I found mine molded and started growing these weird mold balls under the surface. They felt almost like clay when you broke them open but they were white and kind of gooey, and no it wasn't snake urate. This only happened once in a year of using it but I also used about 2 inches deep and my snake packed it down from her weight so that might have aided in it molding. The main reason I found out was when I opened the cage it started smelling like mildew and when I dug around looking for snake poop or pee, I found these mold ball things. That's when I took her whole cage apart since it was a Pro-Line cage and I scrubbed each piece and then put it back together and threw out all the wood logs and washed her hides. Since then I have used nothing but aspen and I love it. Anyways, good luck with the stuff.
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