Peat Moss/coconut fiber as Bedding?

We're having a bit of a bedding crisis here. Our usual bedding just went down in quality all of a sudden, and I'm looking for an interim bedding. Has anyone used peat moss or coconut husk fiber for balls? I've used both for Brbs, corns, bloods, and many others but never balls, and with them being my main thing and in the middle of their breeding season I don't want to mess it up. So, if you have had any experience with using coconut fiber or peat moss for your balls I'd like to hear about it.

Thanks!

Eco Earth (coconut husk) is just fine for BPs. It does a great job holding in humidity.

I have used Peat Moss, but not as bedding. I used it in a tub inside the enclose to increase humidity. It worked great, but was very messy. I suggest cypress mulch. That is, in my opinion, the best bedding for ball pythons. I have used it a few times to get non-eaters eating again. I normally use newsprint, however.

I'm working on getting cypress mulch, it is wicked expensive on the west coast. Generally we can get really good Canadian white fir shavings that are great and fluffy, but as mentioned above the companies quality just went down the tubes.

I wish repti-bark was a more useful bedding, the company that Zoo Med gets their hemlock chips from is one block from my work.

Personally I used to use the "Reptile Carpet" that used to be big, but a few months ago I tried Coconut Husk and it works great, easy to clean, holds humidity well! Really no draw backs to that product.

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Originally Posted by wRobio

I'm working on getting cypress mulch, it is wicked expensive on the west coast. Generally we can get really good Canadian white fir shavings that are great and fluffy, but as mentioned above the companies quality just went down the tubes.

I wish repti-bark was a more useful bedding, the company that Zoo Med gets their hemlock chips from is one block from my work.

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I've been using cypress and love it, how expensive is it? I pay less than 3 bucks for a 2 cu ft bag

I've never really heard of peat moss as bedding for ball pythons. However, I've heard of it used for humidity hides. I use a mixture of coconut fiber and fir bark shavings for my ball python, works great so far. Good for spot cleaning and keeps in humidity, you can also grow plants in it.

I did use coconut fiber only at one point, I actually forget why I decided to mix fir bark and coconut fiber... OH, I just had a brain blast. It was because the coconut fiber was getting all over my room and it was kind of annoying, so by using fir bark it's kind of less of a mess.

I've never used cypress mulch, sounds like I'll try it eventually. :D

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Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser

I've been using cypress and love it, how expensive is it? I pay less than 3 bucks for a 2 cu ft bag

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2 cu ft is about $7 here. I just got a bigger car so I might be able to go pick up pallets of it from my friend in California for cheap enough.

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Originally Posted by Miko

I've never really heard of peat moss as bedding for ball pythons. However, I've heard of it used for humidity hides. I use a mixture of coconut fiber and fir bark shavings for my ball python, works great so far. Good for spot cleaning and keeps in humidity, you can also grow plants in it.

I did use coconut fiber only at one point, I actually forget why I decided to mix fir bark and coconut fiber... OH, I just had a brain blast. It was because the coconut fiber was getting all over my room and it was kind of annoying, so by using fir bark it's kind of less of a mess.

I've never used cypress mulch, sounds like I'll try it eventually. :D

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That's an interesting idea. Peat moss and coconut fiber are pretty much the same texture, so they are pretty equal usefulness wise, but peat moss is cheaper.