7 Foot Burm isnt 7 feet

Pine is very very bad get that out right away and put newspaper down or something., the oils in it is very toxic to the snake.

Yeah andre is right.. newspaper in the meantime is great. I use newspaper for everything.

Pine is killer for snakes.

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Originally Posted by Lucifers_Mommy

My bf is starting to get used to him...when we went to look at him and check him out he held lower half....its the first snake he's ever touched...EVER......Will yea give him a congrats for me lol??

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Oohhhh! :clap: Congrats to Lucifer's Mommy's Boyfriend!!! :clap: It's really awesome when we can overcome our fears and learn to love something new! Really, the worst danger you're in is to be at risk for serious herp-addiction! :P

Congrats on the new "Kid". He's gorgeous! Get some rabbits in him so he can look like a "manly" snake, enough of the kid stuff! LOL!

And congrats to the BF!!! That's a big step!

oh wow what a gorgeous snake!

I thought it was cedar shavings that were toxic???? I looked it up and no offence I cant find anythign that says anythign bad about pythons and pine....I did not know this...the snake has been kept on it its whole life....Implanning on changing it anyways but i want him to settle in first....if he lived on it his whole life i think he will be ok a couple more days....BUT they will be removed from hsi cage dont worry!...thanks for the info tho

Cedar is worse, but both woods have aromatic oils (make it smell good) that have detimental effects on snake's respiratory systems. I have read this many times in many places about snakes.. lots of care sheets mention this important fact.

I would not wait.. I'd put him on newspaper asap.

The difference between cedar and pine is like the difference between unfiltered and filtered cigarettes. They're both bad for you, but one will kill you quicker than the other. And like cigarettes, it isn't a right now thing, it's a cumulative loss of health.

Way to go, boyfriend! It doesn't take long to win them over. ;) Hehe :devilish:

Congrats on getting him, he's very pretty!


You might want to use newspaper for a month anyways. One, to get him off pine which is damaging to him and also to keep an eye on any possible bugs he might have brought along for the ride (you'll see them faster with the newspaper).

We use a bedding I mix myself for our big BCI Rauri. We get a huge bag of Cypress mulch from Home Depot for under $5.00. It's great other than it tends to be damp so I do dry it in disposable aluminium pans in the oven (very low heat, couple of hours). It dries it plus it makes sure no bugs came along in the bedding to my house. I just toss some Cypress mulch in and a bit of aspen to soften it plus I love the color combo of the dark cypress and the light aspen against the snake's colors. It ends up being very nice for the bigger snake...he can burrow a bit if he wants but he doesn't pile it up so much as it's heavier substrate.


~~Jo~~