Your top 3 Substrate to use?

I think this is the exact Cypress Mulch I use. I wouldn't recommend ordering it directly online and paying shipping. I called up Ace Hardware directly and they ordered into a local brick n' mortar store for me for FREE. No shipping. Plus I think I only paid like $7 a bag...

http://www.acetogo.com/product/mulch...s-2cf-ace.html

Just call up, give them that SKU number and ask for them to order it into the store. The 1st store I called didn't know what they were talking about and said they'd charge me shipping to get it into the store. The 2nd store looked up inventory in the warehouse and said it would be no problem.

coco coir (ground or chips) - cheap, easy to spot clean, and holds tons of humidity.

Sani Chips (shredded aspen) - my fav wood chip product it looks like chain saw chips small squires of aspen wood, easy to spot clean.

Newspaper/kraft papers/indented - dust free, great for rehab animals whom have cuts open wounds or burns. Cheap and clean cannot be spot cleaned.

One work of caution, paper towels (home type) have, in the past, been responsible for snake deaths. It is very serious if ingested, not common, but there is some risk involved. My vet has seen a few cases of paper towel ingestion requiring surgery to correct. For myself as I can see no advantage for the animal to use paper towel over other sheet paper products (newpaper/kraft/indented) so it is not worth the risk. (risk with no gain) Others may have their reasons I don't see that is fine but just be aware there is a slight risk.

I like aspen for the looks and easy to spot clean

Coco husk for aquariums for the humidity

Paper towel or news print for QT

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Originally Posted by arialmt

Now I'm using Cypress Mulch (didn't like the aspen I had), coconut fiber (large and eco earth mixed) and sphagnum moss.

Mr. Brute check out reptilebasics.com for cypress and sphagnum moss. They also carry orchid bark which I have yet to try.

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Thanks!

Aspen works well. I like newspaper because i get it free and i only have a few bps that are hiders. The only stuff i will never use (and i know I'm guna catch flak for this) is reptibark. I had a sub adult female choke on it a couple years back. It twisted and lodged in her throat and i had to pull it out. She didn't want to feed again for a few weeks. None of my friends have had this happen so this may just be an isolated incident but i haven't bought the stuff since and probably wont use it again.

1. Ground up lawn darts.
2. Friable asbestos.
3. Thumb tacks.

Ball, Blood, and BRB- cypress mulch. Helps my humidity and looks nice in my naturalistic tanks. The blood will borrow in it too.

Hoggy- Eco Earth. Easy to clean. My hoggy can easily burrow through it and it holds the tunnels well. I keep it dry and it can be dusty.

GTP- mixed ReptiBark and Exo Earth. I Use it very damp for humidity but don't like how it can be almost mud like so I mix it with reptibark for a better consistency. This way I don't have to use as much eco earth which gives a nice balance for good humidity.

I like Cypress for my terrariums and paper towels for tubs and my future rack system.

Coconut Husk-It holds humidity well, it looks good and it has a pleasant smell. I use this for my BP.

Aspen-It is easy to spot clean, my corn snakes like to burrow in it.

Reptibark-It looks good, but I find it harder to spot clean than the others I listed.

Thanks!