I went crazy today trying to find out where I can get some cheap bedding for my snakes. As much a people seem to like it I hate news paper!

I called like 9 breeders today (also emails) and 6 of them claimed to use pine (other used newspaper or paper towel) because it seriously is hard to find aspen here, not really sure why. One breeder said that people tend to be afraid to use it because it smells and they think that it is a harmful chemical. <- This breeder has been a breeder for 22 years and he said he has been using pine for 15 of those years. He said he prefers it over aspen because it does not mold as quickly as aspen and the smell of the pine hides the smell of snake poo. But he is not the only breeder to say these things. I too used pine for the first yearish of snake keeping with absolutely no issues, but after reading tons of forums like this one, I quickly switched. But now that I cannot find aspen, I am thinking of going back to pine. My ASFs and mice have been on it for 4 years and nothing has happened to them and I have read articles and forums again saying how bad pine is for rodents... but I have not seen any of these issues with my own rodents. So what do you guys truly think? Are you just saying no because other people are against it, or have you used pine in the past with negative effects?