• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

hi

colinmcc is that way (somewhere) and seems to know what is available, I would at least try to PM him your question or hope he replies here.
(just a thought) Other than that I can't help at all.
 
I eventually managed to find a place selling the big sacks of aspen just outside Edinburgh. They normally use it as bedding for the birds they sell but are quite happy selling me sacks of it.

Costs about 6 times what you'd pay for it in the USA but still cheaper than Repti-bark.

Just try phoning round as many pet shops and suppliers near you as you can and see if you get lucky.

Most places will do beech chips though, which are fine enough as reptile substrate.

Repti-bark is obviously an option as well (I used it for the best part of 15 years) but it's very damp, prone to bugs (not harmful to the snakes and can be got rid of by freezing before use) but having switched to aspen, I'm sticking with it.

:)
 
i don't if it will help a lot but in france no petshop knows about aspen so i was starting to give it up, but i accidentally saw a bag of what they use for birds litter and i'm sure it's pretty the same, it's just called something like "chipsy" instead of aspen bedding. as americans are much more advanced in herpetology than in europe, i believe it's why we cannot find a lot a reptile's material..; people here are much more intolerant too... since i have my sanke i m a kind of weirdo for some of my "friends" and nobody yet wanted to try and touch it but i don't care i just hope dusty mentalities are going to improuve ...
 
you can try looking for a subestrage called Eco-earth or bead a beast. it is shaved coconut husk, i use it and it works well. you could also try to find yesterdays news,but i do not know if they sell any of those over in england.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top