Best substrate

What do you guys use? Pros and cons??? I'm currently using cypress and thought about going to something cleaner like aspen, but not sure how to keep humidity stable using something such as aspen

Orchid bark everytime. Very dark so any brightly coloured snake will look great . Also easily washed , dried and used time after time

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Like my underwear I prefer nice and clean white. ;)
Paper towels.

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

Orchid bark everytime. Very dark so any brightly coloured snake will look great . Also easily washed , dried and used time after time

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I don't mean to hijack the thread, but you can wash and reuse orchid bark?? :O

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Originally Posted by Jumpforyourlife

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but you can wash and reuse orchid bark?? :O

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Sure , why not , if people are in a tight budget or avoiding it because of the price ...

Sure it's a bit of a ball-ache but very rewarding when I've saved £15 / $ 20 .

The hardest part is drying it out if you need it quickly but I have spare bags so there's plenty of time for it to dry out naturally ( in the greenhouse ) . I have dried some in the oven before now though .

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Originally Posted by Jumpforyourlife

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but you can wash and reuse orchid bark?? :O

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You can add a little F10 to the wash to disinfect too. Orchid growers do it all the time. You can probably do this for 1-2 years before the bark starts to break down.

I like white paper towels cause its easy to clean up easy to spot any messes. Cost is not that bad. I use a rack system so i don't care how it looks
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I really like using coconut fiber substrate. my bp loves it as well.

I mix reptile bark with eco-earth

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