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aspen substrate

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joe0709

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hi i have been looking round for a cheap substrate for my corn and have found an 11 litre bag of aspen for £5.25 i was wondering if this is a good price or not.
 
I buy kilo bags at around £3 each. I use one bag per tank and I have two snakes that are on aspen; but I do make the bedding pretty thick. So it works out around £6 per clean-out. If a 11 litres is more or equivalent to 2 kilos, therefore, that sounds pretty reasonable, but I can't convert it for you; my maths is terrible. :grin01:

If you want a REALLY cheap substrate, you can use paper towels or newspaper. But if you want aesthetics too then aspen's probably your best bet.
 
That seems to be QUITE expensive.

I get a big 4 cubic foot bag (113 liters) from the local feed store for $12 or about £6
 
Well I can understand aspen bedding being more expensive if you can only get the small bags marketed for the reptile industry. They sell those here as well, at a similar markup in price and without the excuse of having to import it.

Isn't there some other type of hardwood shavings or bedding from a more local variety of wood? What is used for small animals and rodents?
 
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Cypress mulch is much cheaper than aspen here in the US (at least if you get your aspen at pet stores). A 2 cubic foot bag of cypress costs about $3 here. I don't know a thing about conversion of money here, but it'd be worth looking into at least.
 
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