What do you prefer - Aspen or Kenaf?

[Bushviper]

I usually ask people to bring it from KZN. There are a few people who sell it up here but at a premium price because of the transport. I know that Croc City sells it from time to time.

[Cornelius]

Hi

I also use Kenaf and I think it works well. Except for the dust part when changing it. You can contact croc city and ask them, they buy it in bulk. It is like R180 or something for a 20 KG. I clean 11 cages 3 times over with 1 bag.

[JPWittstock]

Cornelius,

At that price I can drive up and drop off bags of kenaf for you.

JP

[Fooble]

Jp where do you get it from down here?

I used to get it from a Equitac but they stopped selling it.

[Serpy]

Yeah rather not that price is ridiculous

[JPWittstock]

Assagay feeds gets stock in periodically. They are in Cliffdale road, close to Equitack

[bubblesharp]

has any one ever used Kenaf for Iguanas?

If snakes can digest it, it should be no problem for iggies?

[Pieter89]

Shouldn't be a problem for Iguana's.

I'm currently using Kenaf as replacement for Aspen in a small collection. Has four drawbacks when compared to Aspen:

1. Doesn't mask odours as well
2. Moulds much more easily, thus I need to replace more often
3. Corn snakes doesn't burrow in it that much - for this Aspen worked better...
4. Dusty...

For this reason I'm switching to Aspen again (ridiculously expensive, but worth it in a small collection) or maybe trying Astroturf or bark chips.
Aspen really seems like the perfect substrate for low humidity enclosures though - pity its so expensive...