Type of preferred substrate

I'm using aspen. Where I live humidity is really not too hard to maintain and all my snakes have been having good sheds. I will admit though, I just like the look of the aspen and it's mainly for me rather than them. I also get 20 liter bags for $3.49 at my local Walmart.

Dave

BOUNTY Paper Towels EASY cleanup and absorbs tons of fluids, sound like a commercial over here...lolol :D

I'm currently between reptizorb liners and aspen. Once I get through the liners I have for 32qt tubs, I think I'm going to switch the grow-outs and males over to aspen and only use liners for actively breeding females and hatchlings. The liners are nice to have on hand for quarantine, though. Very easy to see any potential issues (mites, etc.) and keep super clean.

paper towels. sam's club sells the big packages for under $20.

I use reptile carpet in the cage and newspaper in her feeding bin. (I feed outside the cage for numerous reasons, chief being it gives me time to clean her cage and for the carpet to dry)
Reptile carpet works well for me since I have one small room in my in-laws house, so lugging a big trash can up to dispose of bedding doesn't work well. I had gerbil with carefresh bedding so I know how messy particle bedding can get.
When I move out I might get aspen shavings though- I think she would enjoy being able to bury herself in it.

For the majority, I use paper towels. Just ease of cleaning. But I go through a roll and a half on cleaning days.

Currently I am trying this out for a solution for escaping humidity in my ARS rack: http://www.reptichip.com/

Cypress mulch because it holds moisture so well.

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I use aspen. It doesn't normally get in the water dishes, it's not too expensive and I can pick up messes without changing all the bedding. I was using paper towels before... never again. They hardly absorbed anything and I had to do a full cage cleaning every time someone decided to go. I also can't stand cypress mulch. Gets in the water all the time. Aspen is basically the only thing I can tolerate, haha.

I prefer cypress, myself, but have learned to pay more attention when bargain shopping for the stuff. "Cypress blend" was a mistake... bleh. I can find inexpensive 100% cypress in bulk on Amazon nowadays.

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Originally Posted by Ghost68

What is your preferred substrate for your bp and why?

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Orchid bark everytime ...


It's very dark colouring makes most snakes stand out apart from Black ones or very dark ones .

It holds moisture extremely well or it can be used bone dry ...

It CAN be cleaned and re-used repeatedly if you're on a tight budget ...