Aspen Bedding/Substrate
There is a lot of talk about which substrate is the best as some have a bad name for causing impaction of the gut or intestine.
We must look at the pro’s and con’s as there is no perfect substrate, if you look at the natural habitats they have all sorts of health and safety issues and impaction occurs even in the wild. The difference is we care for our animals and try to give them the best.
For snakes in general I have found that Aspen is the best type of substrate to use for Rat snakes, Corn snakes, Milk snakes, Gopher, Pine, Bull snakes and most Pythons and Boas to mention a few. It can also be used for many lizards especially the burrowing ones like Blue Tongue Skinks and also as bedding for rodents and other small animals.
Aspen is clean, non toxic and almost dust free. It completely absorbs odours and moisture quickly, it is also very easy to spot clean.
For very young snakes and lizards I would recommend keeping them on newspaper or kitchen towelling for the first year as this is when they are most at risk from impaction.
ValueAquatics have Aspen available in two sizes 1kg or multiples of and a bulk buy 14kg sack
John