Re: When should I expect the first shed?
You might want to try "bed a beast" or something like that for your substrate. It will help alot with the Humidity. And your corn WILL LOVE IT. I never seen no news paper in the wilds.
Re: When should I expect the first shed?
I saw aspen shavings in the petstore today? It looks like hay or something. Would this work?
Re: When should I expect the first shed?
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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny
I saw aspen shavings in the petstore today? It looks like hay or something. Would this work?
Some use it for their corns with positive results.
Re: When should I expect the first shed?
Well I've heard corns like to burrow into thier substrate. Right now, Zim is showing off his climbing skills. He's up on top of the old thermometers that I don't use anymore and up near the top of the cage.
I'll use newspaper for now, but get the aspen when I run out of newspaper. As for climbing, should I get him a branch or something since he likes to climb?
Re: When should I expect the first shed?
That would probably be good, My little corn loves to climb I have some plastic plants in her tank and she is always climbing in them or she stays perched on the top of the plants. Maybe she thinks she is arboreal from watching my carpet python in the tank next to her :P
Re: When should I expect the first shed?
I love taking care of plants so I was wondering if there are any safe live plants I can keep in Zim's tank for him to climb about on?
Re: When should I expect the first shed?
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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny
Well I've heard corns like to burrow into thier substrate. Right now, Zim is showing off his climbing skills. He's up on top of the old thermometers that I don't use anymore and up near the top of the cage.
I'll use newspaper for now, but get the aspen when I run out of newspaper. As for climbing, should I get him a branch or something since he likes to climb?
Yes you can use branches and such but remember these two things.If you use any from outdoors bake them until you are sure ALL bugs are dead(about 1hr) and make sure your corn does not use them to escape(climb up to little opening).
Re: When should I expect the first shed?
What about plants? Any safe live plants that I can put in there to make the cage look nicer. When I run out of the newspaper I'm going to get some natural looking substrate so he can burrow in it and also get a fake branch for him to climb on. Is there any substrate I can use that looks natural (other than aspen...I might use it anyway though.) and is safe for the snake?
Re: When should I expect the first shed?
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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny
What about plants? Any safe live plants that I can put in there to make the cage look nicer. When I run out of the newspaper I'm going to get some natural looking substrate so he can burrow in it and also get a fake branch for him to climb on. Is there any substrate I can use that looks natural (other than aspen...I might use it anyway though.) and is safe for the snake?
To be honest i would not even mess with live plants.Reason is you would have to water them and keep dirt in the enclosure and it would be just to much to cleanup.If you really want to use something you could get some plastic plants.Now as far as substrate some use the repti bark stuff,but i have known several people who have lost snakes due to swallowing some of that bark.
Re: When should I expect the first shed?
I won't use anything that has resulted in deaths. I just recently lost my bearded dragon to crushed walnut shells. I won't repeat that mistake. I'll stick to the newspaper or apsen shavings.
