Bedding Question

I saw a few people talking about using what they say are bricks or like a mulch that you break up add water to and thats your substrate. Im using the jungle earth substrate at the moment that comes in the bags at the pet store. Its getting to be too expensive and pointless when i see people talking about how cheap this other stuff is. I wondering what this stuff is called and where is the best place to get it?

Thanks, Jason

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Originally Posted by jsballs08

I saw a few people talking about using what they say are bricks or like a mulch that you break up add water to and thats your substrate. Im using the jungle earth substrate at the moment that comes in the bags at the pet store. Its getting to be too expensive and pointless when i see people talking about how cheap this other stuff is. I wondering what this stuff is called and where is the best place to get it?

Thanks, Jason

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i woudnt go with the rainforest bedding your reffering too.. its hard to clean up.. i would just get cypris mulch and call it a day.. keeps humidity up.. or u can use news[aper

Best substrates to keep clean: Newspaper, paper towels, Aspen, twice-milled cypress

Worst substrates to keep clean: Carpet, Eco-earth (those block things), ReptiBark

Never use!!: Sand, Dirt, Cedar, Pine, any sharp-piece wood.

I was using the eco-earth (brick stuff).

However, since I'm dealing with a mite issue and not sure of the source, I'll be switching to aspen that I treat with PAM first.
Someone on my post suggested putting the aspen in a garbage bag and spraying the PAM (Provent-A-Mite) in the bag and then shaking it around, letting it air out and then using it in the tank.

This has been such an ordeal that nothing will ever go into the tank without being treated.

An easier way of dealing with that is simply buying your substrate from a supplier than doesn't sell snakes. Snake mites can hitchhike on stuff but they cannot survive long without their host animal. Just find a store that stocks the substrate you like but doesn't stock snakes and you should be good to go. I've been doing this for years now and I've yet to see a single mite in our collection from any source, let alone our bedding.