Bedding question

I have only ever used eco earth for pacman frogs. BOY was it a nightmare. Everyday they would smear the entire glass sides of the tank so that it was literally opaque brown.

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Originally Posted by SCWood

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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I use Orchid Bark 100% in all mine now .
Looks fantastic , natural , it holds moisture well or you can use completely dry .. It can easily be washed , disinfected with something like F10 then dried and re- used . The dark appearance also dramatically enhances the look of any albinos or light , bright colours ..

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

It can easily be washed , disinfected with something like F10 then dried and re- used.

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When you wash and then dry your orchid bark how do you dry it? When I sterilise mine in water i then move it to the oven leave it in for 30mins, take it out the top will be stone dry but the bottom will always be wet no matter if keep turning it, so yeah how do you dry yours?

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

When you wash and then dry your orchid bark how do you dry it? When I sterilise mine in water i then move it to the oven leave it in for 30mins, take it out the top will be stone dry but the bottom will always be wet no matter if keep turning it, so yeah how do you dry yours?

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You can always give it a good stir halfway through getting the damp stuff to the top . I have a hot heating extractor fan outside with a slab on top of it - the slab gets real warm and stays on for hours so I just leave the the orchid bark in a container on that ...

I forgot to mention that I sieve all the fine dust off before washing .

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

You can always give it a good stir halfway through getting the damp stuff to the top . I have a hot heating extractor fan outside with a slab on top of it - the slab gets real warm and stays on for hours so I just leave the the orchid bark in a container on that ...

I forgot to mention that I sieve all the fine dust off before washing .

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I've heard of that, reptibark, and cypress mulch. I had a bad reaction to reptibark. ..

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Originally Posted by SCWood

I've heard of that, reptibark, and cypress mulch. I had a bad reaction to reptibark. ..

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Heard of which part ?

Is Repti - bark the same as Orchid bark ?

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

Heard of which part ?

Is Repti - bark the same as Orchid bark ?

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Oh no its a commercial bark sold by petco made of fir, etc, etc and I had an allergic reaction.
I've heard of orchid bark but isn't it expensive

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It isn't cheap initially but it's re-usable . I've got all my (16) on it and I've got a decent supply as back up so it's just a case of changing dirty substrate for clean and then every so often I clean and dry the used / dirty stuff ...

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

It isn't cheap initially but it's re-usable . I've got all my (16) on it and I've got a decent supply as back up so it's just a case of changing dirty substrate for clean and then every so often I clean and dry the used / dirty stuff ...

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Sounds different lol I'm stuck between ecoearth and cypress mulch

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When I had a tank I used eco earth. Never had issues and just spot cleaned and changed about every month and half. Now I built a rack and just use news paper or kraft paper...that is real easy. Heat and humidity stay great in tubs.