What type of substrate do you use?

Crushed walnut shells cause nothing but trouble in my opinion. It would probably be better to use coconut bark or aspen if he likes to burrow. Too many horror stories about the crushed walnut shell. I cant believe they still sell that stuff. :(

The last time I posted on this thread I said I loved Sani chips. I used cypress before I went to sani chips and now I'm thinking about switching back again :( I like the sani chips but it just doesn't seem to hold humity well and when it gets too wet due to a spill it just doesn't dry. When it does dry it turns into a big pill of goop...I'll never be happy:)

I'm still on our first roll? bundle? of Indented Kraft Paper, and I bought it over a year ago. Nice, clean, easy, and wow have we saved a lot of money this way. Good stuff.

CYPRESS.............looks nice,holds humidity well,cheap,easy to obtain (in the southeast anyways,) and it smells good :)

I'm a newbie with my first snake and was recommended coconut bark in that compressed brick which you add water to. It was nightmarish for staying too wet even after baking.. and I was really nervous about scale rot....
so then I went out and bought some aspen... but before I had a chance to change anything out.. I found the local paper here in Ottawa gives away unprinted newsprint roll ends. (nothing beats free :) )

So I picked up a few of those and have used it ever since... it doesn't look bad since there's no print and cleaning up the mess is easy...

my only issue (and that is most likely due to the glass tank I have her in) is humidity... but I am looking at getting a rack setup soon.

so as a side note... if anyone's in Ottawa, ON and wants some unopened aspen ... let me know..

Ahhh the joys of learning... :oops:

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Originally Posted by Vlad

I'm a newbie with my first snake and was recommended coconut bark in that compressed brick which you add water to. It was nightmarish for staying too wet even after baking.. and I was really nervous about scale rot....
so then I went out and bought some aspen... but before I had a chance to change anything out.. I found the local paper here in Ottawa gives away unprinted newsprint roll ends. (nothing beats free :) )

So I picked up a few of those and have used it ever since... it doesn't look bad since there's no print and cleaning up the mess is easy...

my only issue (and that is most likely due to the glass tank I have her in) is humidity... but I am looking at getting a rack setup soon.

so as a side note... if anyone's in Ottawa, ON and wants some unopened aspen ... let me know..

Ahhh the joys of learning... :oops:

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Hey Vlad,
You mind telling me what local paper you're talking about? You can e-mail me the info if you wish capitalcitygeckos@rogers.com .
Take care,
Jason

news paper all the way

i used aspen for a while but found mould in it so changed but had bought 5 bales of it so i used in in my mice and they sudenly got mites cant be 100% sure it was the aspen but it a bit of a coinky-dink

Jason,

I sent you a PM with all the details (paper, address and phone number).. hope it helps.

Just got it Vlad, thanks for the help! My paper towel bill was getting wayyyyyy to high lol.
Take care,

I currently use cypress mulch.