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    Impaction Question

    So I got my little girl to finally take a f/t meal! Yay for me. It was a mouse and not a rat so the job isn't completely done. My question is this. For substrate I am using Carefresh Basic at the moment. It really likes to stick to things. I was kind of worried he would take some down with the meal so I used the forceps to get it off. Is that OK? He didn't like it. If I had left it it might have not gone down but I down know. Can some of you more experienced keepers let me know what is best. Thanks

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    Re: Impaction Question

    use reptile carpet for a feeding cage or just use it all togater its nice and its cheeper u just wash the carpet and reuse my ballpythons love it and its good for a feeding cage to and its a one time buy thing

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    Re: Impaction Question

    I have used several beddings for my ball pythons. My favorite bedding when I was paying for it was shredded paper I simply got a shredder and shredded junk mail and stuff works great cheap and if they ingest it, it digest and passes. Now I work for a reptile breeding facility, and my bosses pay for my bedding as a perk for having me around lol.. I now use shredded aspen and like it alot but those are deffinatly my 2 favorite I also like cypress mulch but not as well as the aspen.. I would not recommend the shredded cocoa nut it sticks in the receptive heat pits, I would not recommend the large chunk bedding like repti bark.

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    Dang it, I just ordered some coconut because I read good reviews on it. I wanted someting that was dark in color

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    Re: Impaction Question

    If you want the dark look I would use cypress mulch... You may not hate the cocoa fiber I wont use it because it gets stuck in the receptor pits on their nose,

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    Re: Impaction Question

    Quote Originally Posted by Lferg View Post
    So I got my little girl to finally take a f/t meal! Yay for me. It was a mouse and not a rat so the job isn't completely done. My question is this. For substrate I am using Carefresh Basic at the moment. It really likes to stick to things. I was kind of worried he would take some down with the meal so I used the forceps to get it off. Is that OK? He didn't like it. If I had left it it might have not gone down but I down know. Can some of you more experienced keepers let me know what is best. Thanks

    I would not spend another minute worrying about it...........

    Seriously.

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    I use a variety of bedding; aspen, cypress mulch, paper towels, I even used the reptile carpet. I like aspen or paper towels best. I once worried about ingestion of bedding, but they digest the bones of the feeder and I also thought in the wild I wouldnt be there to make sure he doesnt eat any bedding.

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    You know what, that make SO much since. That should have been obvious to me.

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    Re: Impaction Question

    Quote Originally Posted by corgigirl9 View Post
    I use a variety of bedding; aspen, cypress mulch, paper towels, I even used the reptile carpet. I like aspen or paper towels best. I once worried about ingestion of bedding, but they digest the bones of the feeder and I also thought in the wild I wouldnt be there to make sure he doesnt eat any bedding.
    I partially agree, but also think about the fact that the bedding we use is not natural to them in the wild.

    I have loose bedding, so I feed both of my guys in a separate bedding-free box.

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