Substrate!

I want a substrate that holds humidity good and that is natural, Any suggestions? Much appreciated :D

well news paper it not exactly natural but it works REALY good and its cheap and easy to clean, and if u need humidity cypress is really great because it holds it real well and looks nice, and you can also use shredded or chipped aspen (i prefer shredded)

Coco fiber. I just started using it and i love it.

Cypress is your best bet for holding humidity.

We use coconut....it comes in brick form....it holds the humidity and makes shedding really easy... we get it from petco

I also use coco fiber. Great at holding humidity, looks great, will not cause injury if swallowed and it is an eco friendly product.

Like some others, I use coconut fiber and it works GREAT. Here is the kind I use.

http://www.petco.com/product/104906/...t=OnSiteSearch

What they said ^

I too use Cocoanut Fiber, Eco-Earth to be exact, I mix it with ReptiBark too though about a 50/50 mixture.

And I love the nice dark natural look it gives, and it holds humidity amazingly well.

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Originally Posted by Alyvrae

Like some others, I use coconut fiber and it works GREAT. Here is the kind I use.

http://www.petco.com/product/104906/...t=OnSiteSearch

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Yeah...that's exactly the stuff I use too. It is much easier than soaking those bricks.

reptibark its really good with humidity, its natural, an looks great not so absorbent but its great :snake:

I always thought that Aspen was the most popular substrate - I am just getting ready to switch mine from cages to a rack and am switching their substrate to aspen.

Any concerns with Aspen??

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Originally Posted by Scott19

I want a substrate that holds humidity good and that is natural, Any suggestions? Much appreciated :D

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I'm really liking paper towls and newspaper, it holds in hummidity great and is pretty cheap. =D

Or you can do it like Ralph Davis with long sheets of paper like so.......

YouTube - Cleaning 08's - part 2

-Payson!

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Originally Posted by L.West

I always thought that Aspen was the most popular substrate - I am just getting ready to switch mine from cages to a rack and am switching their substrate to aspen.

Any concerns with Aspen??

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None at all.
I wouldn't use anything but aspen, cypress if I needed humidity higher, and paper towels.
I prefer paper towels in my rack but I have good humidity so I don't need cypress.

I used to use shredded aspen, but I switched to paper towels after my snake got mites. It's so easy to just replace. It's also cheap and looks good, too.

did your snake get the mites from the Aspen??

aspen all day!!!! i use to use shredded aspen that i got from wal-mart, but then i bought a few bulk packs of chipped aspen from a feed store near by and love it even more. extremely cheap, will last me a long time, and it really helps with spot cleaning.
(i check my snakes everyday to see if theres a mess and clean, some people have a routine of just cleaning poo once a week which i find disgusting)

aspen ftw.newspaper and paper towels are horrible for cleaning.repti bark is stained red...boo! coco bark is ok.

if your having trouble with humidity get some sphagnum moss.dampen it with water and throw a tad in the hide.since bps spend alot of there time in hides the ambiant humidity can be lower than wat you think.

Cypress mulch, but i prefer aspen for my bp

when using aspenas substrate, will they eat in some when feeding? im worried.

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Originally Posted by qinw

when using aspenas substrate, will they eat in some when feeding? im worried.

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they will.doesnt hurt them though

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Originally Posted by L.West

did your snake get the mites from the Aspen??

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No. Why would you think that? Because I don't use the Aspen anymore? :P

My snake got mites from coming in contact with another snake that had mites (which was NOT my doing). I've stuck with paper towels because it's just easier to clean and replace. I got tired of having to vacuum out substrate whenever the tank was due to be cleaned.