Bedding

What bedding do you use for your bp? How much of it? Where is the best place to buy it? I'd also like to be able to use it for my boa.

Im using a 3x2 cage for the BP and a 4x2 for the boa. Is 1 24qt bag enough or would I need 2 for both cages?

I know a lot of people use aspen but what about things like reptibark? I'm currently using newspaper in tubs but since I'm switching them into nice custom cages I want to get a nicer substrate.

Cypress mulch, with no ferilizers.

Newspaper, printed....or preffered is non printed maybe your local newspaper will give u scraps of unprinted rolls.

Aspen, really common to use.

Do not use Pine, or Cedar...could cause harm to your snake or kill them.

Some people get packing paper from Uhaul or place like that.

What's the cheapest place to buy aspen? I suppose pet stores really overprice...

by far the best substrate is crushed coconut husk... holds humidity really well n looks great.... i think eco earth makes some- comes in a bunch of brands- 1 lil brick will do a 55 gallon tank 1.5'' deep easy.... good tip ive picked up tho is to freeze any substrate u get just in case it picked up some mites from the pet shop

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Originally Posted by SnM_Man

by far the best substrate is crushed coconut husk... holds humidity really well n looks great.... i think eco earth makes some- comes in a bunch of brands- 1 lil brick will do a 55 gallon tank 1.5'' deep easy.... good tip ive picked up tho is to freeze any substrate u get just in case it picked up some mites from the pet shop

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I use eco-earth in my corn cage, the only complaint I have is that the snake can really move it around into big heaps and it can get annoying with water bowls.

i currently use aspen but ive wanted to look into reptibark kinda cause i like how it looks.. but not sure how much BP like it what ever he likes better not me.

I'm terribly boring and lazy; I use newspaper. However! I have to hunt the newspaper down. I have to ask nicely for the weekly sales papers from work. ^_^

The good old Sunday paper, can't beat a buck a week (and I even get cupons with that). Honestly all my racks use newspaper snakes like it.

i would use newspaper if i used tubs, but i have my bp in a glass tank and in my room so newspaper doesnt do it for me lol.

Where do you guys buy your aspen?

well i get mines where i got my snake its a local snake shop here in miami. but you can pick some up at any pet store for a better deal im not sure maybe online somewhere?

i get my aspen from pets mart. it's about $7 for the bigger bag and it will last two months for me ( two complete changes for 5 32qt tubs and spot cleaning in between).

http://www.petco.com/product/107490/...d-Bedding.aspx


they had this for really cheap the other day at PETCO and was wondering if this would be ok? It was like $10 for a massive bag so that would be nice.

nevermind, i see it has pine.

why is pine bad?

Pine oils are toxic to snakes.

I use newspaper for my rack.. love it too

I buy almost all of our pet stuff from feed/farm supply stores. Our aspen is more like aspen chips or mulch than the finely shredded stuff in the petstores, but I like it better. It is about 10 bucks for a 128qt(I think) bag. I know a lot people, and big breeders, like cypress mulch because it holds humidity so well.

has anyone tried T-Rex Substrates Desert Snow

or http://www.teklad.com/bedding/diamond.asp

After an issue with mites and some messy poops, I've switched to this. (I can see this showing up in the out of context thread...)

Self adhesive tiles ($1 per 3 tiles at Dollar Store) attached to foam board (a few bucks at wall mart). Cut to fit the back, sides, and bottom. Run digital probes wires under board and up under the hides. This has really helped maintain temps and humidity. Note the mesh top partially covered with foam board as well. When shedding time starts, I get over 80% humidity easily be just adding a loose peice of foam board over most of the open screen section and keeping that little wire container of aspen or moss damp.

I'm new to BPs, but like this over the apsen I was using. Wiping up the poop was quick and easy.

http://forums.pnwhs.org/attachment.p...1&d=1231361578

Sanichips (aspen), and papertowels...

Newspaper.