Gene finally has a thread!

[jmcrook]

No, that was just the mulch. I just went to outsmart. Where can I get cheap substrate?

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Yeah, petsmart will gouge ya every way they can. I used to use zoomed forest floor but it's crazy expensive. My local shop sells the big bags for $31!! Talk about highway robbery... I know Reinz on here gets his cypress mulch for his carpets and boas at lowes for $3/bag. It's got some much larger pieces in it than the zoomed stuff but at about 10-15% the price of forest floor. I'm currently using reptichip but about to order of few blocks of this stuff. http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/p...oil-amendments
Seems virtually identical to reptichip, $10/block, expands to about 70quarts/2.5 cubic feet, and shipping is only $8.99 even if you order 10 blocks. I'm ordering some soonish and I'll give my reviews of it when I start using it.


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[Sauzo]

I just order the Eco Earth 3 block packages from Chewy.com for $4.99 each and if you spend over $50, it's free shipping.

So basically I just order 12 of the 3 block packages for like $60 with free shipping and it lasts me a few months.

[Stearns84]

Well I :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ed up with the mulch but oh well. But next time I'll go with the knock off reptichip.

On a side note, Tina didn't eat for the 3rd week in a row. In the two years I've had her, she has only slipped 1 week. Gene surprisingly ate deep in shed.

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[Sauzo]

Cypress mulch is nice. Just too expensive for me as I have 7 snakes and I throw the stuff out once a month anyways.

And don't feel bad, Dottie my BP hasn't eaten in almost 2 months.

[jmcrook]

I like cypress in some ways as well, but it just doesn't keep up with humidity as well as coconut husk from my experiences.
My male pastel BP Geoffrey hasn't eaten since November 4th. Any day now he should break out of his winter fasting period. Though he has gone as late as May or June before eating again. We'll see.


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[Stearns84]

Made Genes new hide for his T10. Didn't even know they made 50 can't disposable oil trays.

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[Stearns84]

Cent*

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[Stearns84]

I want to make the tanks more visually appeasing since they Wil be in the living room. So I found some downed dead branches this week. Sanded them down, going to soak them in bleach / water for 48 hours and put a sealant on them next week. I opened up the mulch to let it dry out a little too.

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[Sauzo]

Be sure to seal them very well. When I used big pieces of wood in Rosey's cage years ago with Eco Earth, the wood molded and that mold spread. Since then I haven't used any kind of wood in any of my cages.

[Stearns84]

Gene finally shed tonight, so it's nice to have him back out and about. He is worse than Tina (ball) when in shed. Tried to get him to stretch out but he wasn't having it today. The tape measure was pulled to 6'. So I'm guessing still a little under 6'.

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