Aspen wood shavings [Archive]

wendy

01-11-01, 03:42 PM 01-11-01

Moa

01-12-01, 02:31 AM 01-12-01

Hi,
I live in Austria at the border to Germany and I can't get any aspen shavings either.
In America the vegetation is different to the Europen or Central European vegetation.
Here most forests aren't aspen forests, that is probably why we can only get other shavings than aspen shavings. If aspen grows here it is rather rare.
The shavings you can buy here are made out of different pines.
I had to write to a few producers of shavings to get that info as it isn't
written on the packs.
Perhaps the shavings in England are even made of different wood than those in Germany and Austria?!
I would use the wood shavings you can get, they should be fine!
Ciao
Moa

wendy

01-12-01, 01:33 PM 01-12-01

Hi moa, thanks for your reply. i am using other wood shavings at the moment but I want to use aspen, so I will carry on looking.

Moa

01-14-01, 12:24 PM 01-14-01

May I ask why you just want to use aspen?

wendy

01-14-01, 02:01 PM 01-14-01

Hi moa, I rescue small rodents, hamsters, mice etc. and have read up on aspen shavings and they are better than pine and of course cedar. I would like to provide the best if I can, if I cannot locate aspen in theis country, then I will have to forget all about aspen.

Moa

01-15-01, 03:10 AM 01-15-01

Hi Wendy,
I think it is very good that you want to provide the best you can for your animals.

There are other beddings available here which are very good too but also a lot more expensive.
Occasionally I use granulated corn cob bedding. These are definetely not toxic but some ppl do not recommend them because mold builds up more easily with corn cob than with wood shavings. This has never happened to me though. The best thing about them is that they are virtually dust free.
The other wood shavings I can buy here are made out of beech. These shavings are again very expensive.
Perhaps you can buy other types of bedding in GB too, that are as good as aspen.
Ciao
Moa

Maeve

01-20-01, 09:26 AM 01-20-01

Couldn't you buy from on-line major companies and have it shipped? I don't know the costs of such things, but aspen bedding is so light and doesn't exactly need "fragile" shipping requirements!

Try www.petsmart.com (http://www.petsmart.com) and go into the small animals dept. There is a subsection of bedding/nesting. I imagine their customer service could help you since it is a USA based company.

If you still have no luck, let me know. Maybe I could help? I am in US and aspen bedding is abundant here.

Maeve
echogreen@usa.net

Izuan

02-24-01, 04:44 AM 02-24-01

I am from Singapore and there is ample supply of aspen bedding though. I use it and it is very good and not scented. That;s all i could say. BYE!!

keh02008

12-22-02, 07:14 PM 12-22-02

hi! i've visited england before and my hammie came with. he ran out of bedding and i had to have aspen because thats all he uses. so i went to walmart.com and they air mailed it to me withen 2 days. hope you have some luck.
Kate

Mitchandozzie

12-24-02, 08:28 AM 12-24-02

i live in canada and we have aspen shavings here i use them u can get them airmailed from www.petsmart.com

riotingpenguin

01-31-03, 12:23 PM 01-31-03

also if you want the best bedding get care fresh it is recycled wood pulp works great and it is soft.

Mitchandozzie

01-31-03, 01:31 PM 01-31-03

i use pestell shavings(pine/cedar) now and my hamsters love the smell

riotingpenguin

01-31-03, 06:23 PM 01-31-03

but cant cedar kill them?

Mitchandozzie

01-31-03, 06:41 PM 01-31-03

i dunno. every 1 i no uses that and no one i no has had ne problems

Stinkerbell

03-12-03, 06:22 AM 03-12-03

Hey Mitch,
Pine and Cedar will kill your hammy down the line.. please change it to Carefresh or Aspen. They will develop breathing problems, Please change... very dangerous!!

Mitchandozzie

03-12-03, 02:09 PM 03-12-03

really? i heard it was ok. its mixed with some other kinds of wood. it dosent smell hardly at all but corkey seems to know its smell.

PyscoFalcon

03-13-03, 02:42 AM 03-13-03

Cedar kills and pine gives resparitry problems.

Other shavings you can get here are beechwood - no aspen. I use horse bales of beechwood and ash shavings and Bob Martins Recycled Cat Litter (like carefresh but no dust or smell and cheaper)

friends474

04-24-07, 10:29 AM 04-24-07

Hi, I am from the Northeast of England and I am looking for Aspen wood shavings. I have contacted pet shops over here and they do not sell it and told me also, they had not heard of Aspen. Can anybody help...
thanks wendy
hi, i can see this message is from 2001,so does anyone now know where we can find aspen wood shavings? my dwarf hamster died and i couldnt understand why she was only 9 months old,i now think it was her bedding.
i have one left and want to give her the best.
sharron