reptile carpet?

has anyone used it for a bp and can it be misted like cypress mulch to help with humidity? :mrgreen:

I used it for awhile, but decided to toss it,newspaper is sooo much easier for me.

Yes it can be misted, i found that it held humidity quite well.

The repti carpet stuff is really a bad idea.. It will hold bacteria in and is a pain to clean and disenfect... Go with some Disposable cage liners...

I've been using ESU terrarium "carpet" for years with no issues. I would think the only way you would run into bacteria is if you where not washing it thoroughly. I always wash the piece before its ever used and of course when cleaning enclosures. It lasts forever with reptiles that cant tear it up with claws and cleans easily. This material isn't something that would hold in alot of moisture to cause bacteria to grow either so you should take note of that when looking. That being said you now know the use of such material should be enclosure specific. Since its not super thick its not a humidity holder. I am using it in tubs and it works great. Although I am considering changing over to litter for the winter.

ive used astro turf (pretty much the same as reptile carpet) on all 3 of my snakes ever since i got them. never had a problem with it. if you use it, make sure you have 2 or 3 extra pieces though, so you have something to replace dirty peices.

I used astro turf when we first got Sophie, but ended up ditching it for papertowels and newspaper (for some reason I use papertowels for Soph and newspaper for all the rest, not sure why that is)..anyway, the carpet was too inconvenient for me, much easier to just toss and replace the paper type substrate. Nothing wrong w/using it though, all depends on your preference. And as mentioned, make sure you clean/dry thoroughly and have a couple extra pieces on hand.

It looks better than newspaper for sure but when it comes to ease of cleaning, newspaper is the best substrate i think.

Yeah, it's nicer looking, but I also keep our snakes in sterilites, so appearance isn't of much importance I guess.

thanks for all the info

i used it to for my 10 gal but couldnt find any the size of my 50 gal so i use reptibark, i never had any problems w/it and i dont know what he meant by hard to disinfect because all u got to do is put it in a tub or somethin and soak it with some bleach and water

You can get large pieces @ Home Depot or Lowes or similar if you want to cut out custom pieces, much cheaper than 'repti carpet'.

I would like to point out that the material I am invisioning as "astro turf" is much different than what I am using (ESU liner). The astro turf stuff I am thinking of is that plasticy type scratchy stuff you would use while camping or something outdoors. Now I could be wrong that is just I call astro turf. The stuff I am using is an actual material..."fabric" if you will, and is much different than that stuff i mentioned above. I like the ESU product as it is easy to clean and I'm not throwing out paper all the time, I do enough of that with the rodents. I have also located a seller online that sells this "material" very cheap, I'm talking 1/3 to 1/2 times cheaper than any pet store or chain store I've found it in. Looks are not a concern for me as I am using tubs as well, my only intent is a healthy enclosure for the animal, if I want to display them they come out of course! 8)

I found some boat carpeting at Home Depot, it's nice and soft. I use it for my geckos. I belive it cost $6-$7 for a 6'x4' piece. Just cut it to the size I needed and it works great. Everything made for reptiles is just too expensive, and Home Depot/Lowe's carries the exact same stuff. Besides, the boat liner is made to get wet and has a rubber back to it, pretty convenient if you ask me. :)

I was going to say that you don't have to buy the 'scratchy' stuff, they have a big selection of grades/styles--as Becky mentioned. The boat carpeting is much nicer/softer than the low-grade astro-turf.

I use carpeting for my two bps and used to for my colubrids but they poo far too much.
I dont personally spray it, as they can trap moisture underneath which would make nice conditions for bacteria. If you keep up on your cleaning, it really isnt a problem.
I spot clean when the snakies poo and run the carpet through the washer once a week. Works and looks great :)

Sheesh...i forgot about the washer !!Who knows, maybe know ill throw the piece i used to have in roxys tank back in with her.

Last time i tried to clean it i used too much bleach and no matter how much i rinsed it, it still reeked of bleach.

After about 2 days of rinsing it finally got the smell out, i put it back in there, went back 5 minutes later to check her temps and there was a big pile of poop and a big clob of urates, i was very frustrated with her, she could have at least waited a day before she soiled it again, but NO.

looks like I'm going to have to try it out