Red Cedar as substrate for snakes.

[PitGirl89]

that weird fluffy stuff is Carefresh....very good stuff, keeps smell down, easy to clean up...just a little expensive

Does it really keep the smell down? When I was younger we had a hedgehog and we used Carefresh bedding and I found that it absorbed everything quicker making the smells linger.

[Millinex]

I've had mixed experiences. With rodents, it is terrible, with snakes it does great, it just costs an arm and a leg. It would have cost me a small fortune when I housed my garters in a 155g custom aquarium.

[ssssnakeluvr]

never had a problem with my snakes smelling bad....rodents have normal urine....that will soak in and smell, snake feces is different....

[PitGirl89]

I imagine that snake feces are similar to that of my bearded dragon, which at times... doesn't exactly smell like roses lol.. i'm guessing the consistency of the two are similar, which would make sense as to why carefresh could work, you could just scoop it out.

[DrKate]

I know we've pretty much put the cedar thing to rest, but I ran across this article while looking up something else today, so I thought I'd post it in case anyone was still skeptical...

AFRMA - Softwood Bedding

[gelshark]

what about aspen?

[Zephyr]

what about aspen?

Aspen is fine.