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    Substrate for display cage

    Recently bought a BCI, and she is going to be my display snake. I use paper towels in my BP racks, but I want something natural looking for the BCI.
    I used to use eco earth coconut back when I had my first BP in a tank, and I hated how it stuck to the water bowl and then dropped every where when I went to change the water. No big deal to just wipe it off with my hand before lifting the bowl outside the cage though. and I did like the look of it.
    What natural looking substrate is the easiest to clean?

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    I would say cypress mulch is the easiest.
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    Re: Substrate for display cage

    2x ...Cypress mulch helped me bump up my humidity as well .... you may want to let it sit out a few days to dry out a little ...it can get lil wet right outta the bag .

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    x3 Cypress. Awesome for humidity and looks nicer than aspen imo

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    Whatever u decide on stay away from the bark chips. almost lost a couple snakes from them choking on them when they struck for a feeder. good luck

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill T View Post
    Whatever u decide on stay away from the bark chips. almost lost a couple snakes from them choking on them when they struck for a feeder. good luck
    Bark substrates are perfectly fine to use. A snakes windpipe opening is at the very front of their mouths so i dont see how it was possible for your snake to choke on bark. A little bit of bark is fine for a snake to digest. Now if they get a huge mouthful of it then yea you may have to remove some pieces from their mouth, but even then they'd probably be ok to digest it. A few pieces of bark sticking to a prey item would not cause them to choke.
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