Don't use Eco Earth Loose coconut fiber substrate.

[kitedemon]

I also use coc coir I love it and it is very very cheap. I used cyprus and aspen and mixes of coc and wood chips in the past but it is much more upsetting to watch your snake try to eat wood splinters than coco coir that is fine. I use a plastic pad to feed on but they always seem to drag it off into the coco and eat some I have yet to have a problem I can see that in a freek accident it could block an airway but then again so can aspen or cyprus. I personally like not taking a tree that is important to the everglades eco system and cutting to down to grind to muclch. Not a by product of something else just mulch. Melaleuca mulch at least is a better option and has about the same properties.

[Zayra]

Weve just started using loose coco fibre with one of our snaes and it seems like an absolute pain in the.. you know.

From what I can see it looks like she already has a bunch stuck to the front top of her mouth..
I really dont know what to do because we just spend the past hour setting it all up again. Since, she has been constantly yawning, and dipping her face into the water then back into the substrate.

Any suggestions..?

[PrettyInInk87]

As stated by others, I use a seperate feeding container for that reason alone... I use both Coconut Husk Fiber and Repti Bark for all of my snakes and creepy crawlies and have not had a problem.

[PitOnTheProwl]

As stated by others, I use a seperate feeding container for that reason alone... I use both Coconut Husk Fiber and Repti Bark for all of my snakes and creepy crawlies and have not had a problem.

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[DarrinLowe]

That has no relevance to our post.. We have seen though this whole thread that we would have to be bin feeding to happily use this stuff, but this has happened through her merely being in the stuff.

The post was because she had managed to get a bunch stuck to the top of her mouth cause neither her or us can get her eye caps off, and she keeps dunking herself to try to moisten them up. Since that we went out and bought some aspen, and decided that we will attempt to address humidity issues another way.

[PitOnTheProwl]

That has no relevance to our post.. We have seen though this whole thread that we would have to be bin feeding to happily use this stuff, but this has happened through her merely being in the stuff.

The post was because she had managed to get a bunch stuck to the top of her mouth cause neither her or us can get her eye caps off, and she keeps dunking herself to try to moisten them up. Since that we went out and bought some aspen, and decided that we will attempt to address humidity issues another way.

Okay now I am lost as I have re-read over and over and see no post from you on this thread that would make ANYTHING relevant to you what so ever
Stuck shed and eye caps is from lack of humidity. Coco really helps raise the humidity a ton.
Even when my snakes are soaking, they never get any stuck in the mouth so I am at a loss on this

[kitedemon]

Mine have been on it for almost a year yes they eat it sometimes and will miss every now and again will get a mouthful of the coco coir they seem to swallow and pass it with no problems. I have not had any shed problems either. I have had to pull a chunk of cyprus out of a the mouth of one of mine after a whole night of him trying to get it out on his own. I'll not switch back to wood chips of any sort.

[LizardPants]

Bearheart and Chocolate Muffin's hit the nail on the head.

I've used coconut husks of various brands for years with no problems. I use it because it retains moisture very well, it's not dusty, and it is not in large chunks. I used it as substrate for a JCP, and I use it in moist hides for my leos.
However this is the first time that I have heard of coconut husk used for ball pythons. Do they really need something that holds humidity that well? With all reptiles I'm more in favor of the KISS approach with newspaper or paper towels, unless they have particularly high humidity requirements.

[Dragoon]

the coco husk has its uses as long as there is no food on it (i have seen a number of people loose crested geckos to the stuff while eating crickets). food dishes or fed in a different cage is necessary in my opinion. it is still a useful product in the right cases

[LizardPants]

It obviously has it's uses, but with balls really?