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Crushed Walnut Shell Substrait

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Morrigan

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I've been using Crushed Walnut Shells as a substrait for my rodents for a long time, so when I got a snake it was my obvious first choice.
It's soft, gives him something to hid in, he enjoys diging in it, it is easy to keep clean and dry and can be scooped.

I don't feed him in his cage, so no worry about him ingesting it.

Does anyone else use Walnut? I haven't heard anything about it on any snake forums, but that doesn't suprise me as there are few people in the rodent world that use it either.


Just wondering if there was any other walnut users out there.
 
I used it for a little while but switched to Care Fresh. Walnut was too dusty, and I noticed I had some problems with mold as well. Care Fresh and aspen are a little harder to clean but I think they work much better, especially at keeping the smell to a minimum. Just my $.02
 
I had a ton of dust problems with carefresh, and it making my rats sick, but I haven't had that problem with walnut.


I'm just curious why no one uses it.
 
One reason might be that a lot of people feed their snakes in the cage and ground walnut could pose a risk of impaction. Personally, I feed my snake in a paper bag, so that's not an issue. I also use walnut and it has never caused skin drying or any other noticable problem. It looks good and my snake likes to burrow in it.

However, I was recently re-reading the Cornsnake Manual and found this: "Avoid resinous woods such as cedar, pine, and walnut that may be toxic..." I have never heard about walnut being toxic; perhaps this is only a property of the wood and not the shells. Does anyone else have input on this?
 
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