Type of preferred substrate

Aspen all the way

I just use newspaper in my tubs for ease of cleaning. Heat transfers well through it, it cleans east, the snakes love to use it as a hide also. I do have one normal that I keep in a tank in my living room and he stays on zoo meds forest floor bedding. This stuff holds water really well so I don't have to worry as much about humidity. It is darker, so unlike aspen it's a little harder to see when he pees in it, but I just spot clean weekly and completely change monthly.


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I really like reptibark. Smells good, my BP loves it, and when you take them out to play and some of it is stuck on them, it isn't hard to clean up if it gets on the floor like coco husk, etc.

I love aspen for ease of cleaning, doesn't make a mess, soaks up urine/urates so that the snakes don't become soaked in their own pee. My humidity where I live is fine even with aspen, so thank god it's not a problem.

But I just bought 3 bricks of eco earth coco fiber substrate for my green tree python, so I'll probably try some for my BP as well, just to see how it goes. :B

Update on how MESSY eco earth coco fiber is. It sticks to the water bowl, sticks to everything, sticks to your fingers. Definitely only using it to layer the bottom of my green tree python's enclosure, not for my ground dwellers. :O Aspen all the way for the terrestrial snakes.

I like Zoomed Forest Floor. It's really natural looking and holds moisture well.

Recently moved to coconut husk and it's amazing. Only thing im wondering is if it is okay to pair ball pythons in it. I would figure the coconut would hurt the scent glands or something.