Bedding question

I use aspen for both my ball pythons and my iguana. However, I'm interested in Eco-earth or cypress mulch/repti-bark. One snake is in a glass cage and the other is in a wooden one. Any thoughts? Opinions?

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They are all good , but the Mai reason people use Eco eartth and cypress is because they increase humidity really well or people just want the naturalistic look. But I use Eco earth and it's great. Some people even mix these all up to get even better humidity lol .

Coconut husk is another option if you're looking for humidity friendly bedding. When I used it in a glass terrarium, I didi have to mist constantly. However, once I moved my snakes to PVC enclosures that are fully enclosed, the humidity is perfect.

One downside to eco-earth is that it can get really dusty and messy (you may end up with a small pile of bedding on the floor whenever you take something out of the tank). Great for maintaining humidity though; I use it for my frogs.

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Originally Posted by DVirginiana

One downside to eco-earth is that it can get really dusty and messy (you may end up with a small pile of bedding on the floor whenever you take something out of the tank). Great for maintaining humidity though; I use it for my frogs.

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I had a lady come in my store and tell me eco earth had a white film on top. What would that be? She said it may be mold.

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Yeah probs mold :(

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Originally Posted by Lizardlicks

Yeah probs mold :(

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Well she put a whole big brick in this tiny tank so no wonder lol

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Besides the great humidity benefits, spot cleaning is simple and easy, and you can go a very long time between changes.
Oh, that's with coconut husk.

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Originally Posted by Reinz

Besides the great humidity benefits, spot cleaning is simple and easy, and you can go a very long time between changes.
Oh, that's with coconut husk.

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Sounds awesome

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I used to use Eco Earth for about a year and quit. The advantage of humidity isn't worth the mess it made as well as if you let it dry out, it gets really dusty and yes it can mold even though people say it doesn't. I use aspen for both my snakes and can easily keep humidity of 50%+ by just covering the top of my bp tank and with my red tail boa, she is in a Pro-Line cage which just holds humidity without even trying. I personally would not use Eco Earth in a wood cage as you need to keep it moist 24/7 which could cause the wood floor problems.

As for substrate changes, regardless of what you choose, you will need to change it out every couple months. Any substrate is going to soak up the liquid part of pee/poop. Aspen is just much easier to clean out of cages than Eco Earth which like I said is a mess and gets EVERYWHERE. Plus spotting a poop on aspen is easier than trying to spot a brownish/black poop on brownish/black substrate.