New bedding suggestions?

[fluffpuffgerbil]

Well, I'm not a huge fan of aspen because I don't like the smell, spot leaning(It's hard to get it all cleaned up), and I don't like having to make sure Kallista doesn't eat any while eating..
So I switched back to eco earth. It's pretty and smells nice, and I wouldnt' feel that bad if she ate some..

But the humidity is now at high. There's no condensation on the walls of the tub, but there is in the hides... I assume that's bad, huh?
I don't like paper because I like being able to spot clean, but I cant' do that well enough with aspen and I don't like the smell/look/spot cleaning, ect,
So what should I do?
I also have repti bark, but I use that for my gecko and I doubt that it will be any better with the humidity. Suggestions?

[RestlessRobie]

Eco Earth does the same for me right after I reconstitute it so what I do is mix it up a day or two ahead of time give it a little time to breath then add it the the enclosure. This gives it a chance to dry out a little before I use it works great. What type of enclosure are you using it in?
Robie

[fluffpuffgerbil]

Oh, that sounds like a good idea. :3 Thanks. And it does fine with the humidity and stuffs?

[Mr. Constrictor]

repti bark is garbage. ive tryed it with my snakes and its very dusty, to the point were you can see the dust between thier scales. I dont belive in spot cleaning cause you cant see everything.

[Salodin]

Stick with the ecoearth. It'll be a little extra humid for a day, no biggie. It'll slowly pass and you'll have a lovely substrate that's good to go for a short while.

[fluffpuffgerbil]

Alright. :3 Thank you.
So the humidity will sort itself out? I didn't want her getting like scale rot or a URI or something bad like that. XD

And Reptibark seems fine enough for my gecko. I've had him for almost exactly 5 years, works fine for him, but he's a gecko, Kallista's a snake, they are VERY different! :3

Thank you for your answers! I'll keep the ecoearth. :3

[fluffpuffgerbil]

Oops, I forgot to say to RestlessRobie that I'm using it in a tub.

[Maixx]

I've tried a lot of different subs but in the end I went with paper for my bps. They don't "mess" that often so its not a big deal to clean up, but they can get messy themselves. I end up soaking them while I clean up their cage (viv, not tubs).
My RRS is in aspen, but she burrows a lot and needs daily spot cleaning.
With adult bp's spot cleaning can mean removing large fist sized lumps of substrate to get all the soiled sub out.
I've tried majority of subs available here.
-I found dry Eco earth was very dusty, but clumped and cleaned easy. It was also either too wet or too dusty. My bp's kept sneezing from the dust. I also found it was constantly getting their water.
-Bark, when rinsed was good but really insulated against a UTH, 1 inch deep was about all I could put in, and almost useless with so little.
- I also tried a mix 50/50 Eco earth and bark but it ended up being the worst of both.
-aspen was good but still dusty and not cheap, also an insulator against a UTH.

I ended up using news paper, its almost free (mailers), dustless, little chance of injestion, and it doesn't insulate against a UTH for more stable heat. But there's no spot cleaning, the snakes can get messy, if water is spilled its not really absorbent. But when it is cleaned up, its clean.