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Substrate
Here's the question. I use turf for the substrate. Is this okay to use? If not, what do you recommend?
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Turf as in the carpet stuff right? It's fine, there's really nothing wrong with it other than it will be a pain. You'll have to send it through the washer a lot. BPs can have some nasty poops that will soak into the carpet! If you aren't as concerned with the look, newspaper and paper towels are great.
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Re: Substrate
Yes, the carpet stuff. I usually just scrub the heck out of it in the bathtub.
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Well if you don't mind doing that, there's no reason you can't use it!
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Re: Substrate
i'm temporarily using 1/2 cypress blend mulch and 1/2 newspaper -
mulch = warm side so i can moisten it for humidity
paper = cool side
i will be switching to exo terra forest bark next month...
i really like the aesthetically pleasing look since my bp is in a somewhat-display cage.
my current collection
1.2 kiddos
1.0 better half
0.1 mojave ball python (Nyx)
0.1 Dumerils Boa (Hemera)
1.0 Eastern Box turtle
3.4.? rats (? = litter coming any day now)
0.1 dutch rabbit (Lucy)
my "future hopefuls"
0.0.1 pied cockatiel 0.0.1 white bellied caique 0.0.2 guinea pigs
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Re: Substrate
If you don't mind cleaning out the carpet turf then there's no problem with it, I find that coconut chips/husk is a really good substrate too because it holds humidity well and it looks aesthetically pleasing, but paper towels are always nice too, so easy!
1.0 Normal - Maynard
1.0 POG - Victor
0.1 YB - Diana
0.1 Pastel Boa - Astrid
1.0 Salmon Boa -
1.1 Leopard Geckos
0.3.2 Inverts
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How difficult is it maintaining hygiene with stuff like that?
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Re: Substrate
Originally Posted by TheWinWizard
How difficult is it maintaining hygiene with stuff like that?
With the coconut you just spot clean wherever you see pee/feces and then once every couple weeks you take it all out replace it, then once a month I take everything out and deep clean all the stuff.
Paper towels you just take out the dirty stuff and throw it away, clean the soiled things, and put in clean paper towel.
1.0 Normal - Maynard
1.0 POG - Victor
0.1 YB - Diana
0.1 Pastel Boa - Astrid
1.0 Salmon Boa -
1.1 Leopard Geckos
0.3.2 Inverts
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What do you guys think about that sandi flake stuff they were showing on snakebytes?
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