Can I use aspen shaving for leopard?

[Zac dale]

Hi, I have a baby Leopard. I was wondering if I could use aspen shavings. I already have sphagnum moss for humidity. If I can't, what is the best substrate to use? Thanks

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

Aspen is not a good choice. It used to be popular, but it's quite dry and doesn't help regulate the humidity that a young leopard would need. Fir bark, cypress mulch, cococoir, and safe dirt from outside are generally the top recommendations.

 

[Tom]

Hi, I have a baby Leopard. I was wondering if I could use aspen shavings. I already have sphagnum moss for humidity. If I can't, what is the best substrate to use? Thanks

Please read this:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/

Substrate choices are one of the many things discussed.

Aspen shavings are not a good choice and some tortoises will try to eat the moss, so be careful. I can't use it in my enclosures.

 

[wellington]

If you use moss cut it up so its in small pieces. If eaten it can't get tangled around things inside and it can't get wrapped around a leg of neck on the outside. I had this happen when my first leopard was small. Got tangled around his neck and he tried eating it so that's when I stopped using it.