Bedding for ball pythons????

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Originally Posted by Rcar77

Do you know who carries it now I bought some a while back from home depot now they carry the blend with pine in it

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Check around at some local garden centers and supermarkets that have a garden department. I noticed this past summer that home depot had stopped carrying pure cypress mulch also. Also, it's going to be tougher to find in the winter than in the summer.

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Originally Posted by Argentra

You must have some really different cypress there. In all my experience with Aspen and Cypress, it was always the Cypress that molded. I work entirely with Aspen now and have never had a touch of mold...even in my rabbit cage, and we all know how much rabbits pee. :)

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You may have had blended cypress. I've had aspen go moldy within a week with heavy misting where as I have yet to see ANY mold in the cypress I use.

I use cypress because when I was buying substrate, I looked at the bag of Aspen and next to it was a bag of twice-milled cypress. I think the brand for both was Zilla (PetSmart). And on the back of both bags, it listed all kinds of substrates and reptiles and a check mark to say not recommended, okay, or best. Aspen was best for cornsnakes but cypress was best for bp's. Looking at the list it seems like the ones that require higher humidity was marked with best for cypress. I have to say that ever since I switched to cypress from Aspen I was able to maintain humidity better.

I bought a huge bag of the twice-milled cypress at PetSmart.

I use Sani chips. CHeap to buy and easy to clean.