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Cypress bedding & Burms??
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How many of you Burm people use cypress bedding for your Burms??
If not cypress, what else do you use?
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Member Comment
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8/27/2009 1:12:16 AM
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Ucowboy
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Newspaper except for the babies then it's Aspen. With big burms it's easiest using newspaper as the enclosure will need cleaned frequently so it's just easier rolling up the waste in the newspaper and scrubbing the cage out before replacing with fresh newspaper. I tried different beddings but trusty paper always worked better and less of a chance of importing mites when you bring in fresh bedding.
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Member Comment
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8/27/2009 3:44:30 AM
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FieldTrialTrainer
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I use aspen and always have, and just because they are larger doesn't mean they go more unless you feed them that often. With my larger snakes I feed less frequent but larger meals, so in turn they do not defecate and all that stuff as often. Just bigger mess! But still I've always used aspen and I like it.
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Accepted Answer
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8/27/2009 9:41:01 AM
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Jeffriey
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I used aspen when I only had the one albino in my collection. It absorbed well and was easy enough to spot clean and replace. After having two burms plus a couple of Anacondas I switched to cyprus. Lasted a bit longer and to a degree washable. After throwing in a couple of more burms, retics and about 50 more snakes into my collection I switched to newspaper for my medium to larg snakes. It was economical, more efficient to work with at cleaning time and did the job. I still use aspen for my smaller snakes and cyprus or coconut fibre for my anacondas, monitors and anywhere else I need to control a higher hummidity. If I only had one animal and it was a Burm it would probably be in large enclosure simulating it's natural environment both environmentally and appearance wise. Do you get the trend and understand the logic? There is meaning to my madness LOL.
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Author Comment
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8/27/2009 3:52:51 PM
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PatHigdon
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Thanks for the input. I currently use newspaper, and it works good, it just looks gawdy. I only have 2 Burms so I may go ahead and give cyprus a shot. I keep them in 3x4 melamine cages that have a wood grain "finish" on them, and newspaper just looks horrible in them.
Thanks again everyone!!
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Member Comment
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10/12/2009 6:33:17 PM
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zachrfields
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At the petshop I work at we use cypress mulch, but you should treat it with provent-a-mite first, just to ensure no insects show up.
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Member Comment
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12/7/2009 11:13:48 PM
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WilfJamesLaS
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Once they get really big consider easily removable and washable indoor outdoor carpeting it makes things a lot easier
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1/18/2011 12:01:39 AM
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abi21491
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