What is the best substrate for ball pythons?

it honestly depends on your area, its very hot and humid during the summer where i live so i just use paper towels to keep the humidity down

I live in bc canada so it's always changing lol but I only have problems with humidity when they spill they're water dish and I wake up to fogged racks

I like to think on things, and I've been thinking. I have decided ( for now ) that the coconut substrate would be the best for me.
I believe from observation that snakes like it. My corn I had loved to borrow through it and my ball python stays most of the time in the identical cool hide because I have the eco-earth ( coconut ) under it. I have bark on the warm side. So today I plan on getting a bag of the eco-earth coconut and do the whole tank about an half inch deep. ( I heat with lights ) It would be much easier to spot clean then paper or paper towel and less messy, looks better too. As far as the clinging goes I will leave the place the water bowl goes bare or put a piece of paper towel under it, so I won't have the substrate clinging to it. It don't cling to my ball python much and if it does it won't hurt it. It don't have mite issues. As far as cleaning the corners of the tank if you use a lot of white vinegar to clean the tank with paper towels you will get it pretty much spotless. You can also clean it first with a water and little bit of bleach mixture and make sure you rinse it very well. Also better substrate as far as misting goes.

I also keep a naturalistic tank and use Eco Earth, my snake and I love the stuff. I tried using Aspen for a while, but it was too dry and I used paper towels too, even though the paper towels were easy to clean, they didn't mesh well with trying to make my tank naturalistic.

I've been using unprinted newspaper for a few years with good results.

I use laboratory grade aspen sani chips or shredded aspen. I get the 4.22 CU FT for about $10 online.


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