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Re: Husbandry

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Posted by troy h on August 28, 2002 at 17:59:57:

In Reply to: Husbandry posted by Dennie Miller on August 28, 2002 at 15:37:59:


:Question 1: What do you prefer for the substrate of your cages? Why?

aspen, for a couple of reasons -

1) easier to clean than paper
2) alterna (and other snake) can burrow into it, and seem to be more calm in aspen.

drawbacks:
1) i don't think most herpers (myself included) keep an aspen-bedded cage quite as clean as a folded-newspaper cage
2) an occassional snake seems to get aspen dust in the tear ducts or nostrils, causing problems

troy



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