Hatchlings on substrate?

[highqualityballz]

Usually use paper but rather have them on reptichip if that's ok to do with just born hatchlings.

[Ax01]

Usually use paper but rather have them on reptichip if that's ok to do with just born hatchlings.

i also keep them on paper. personally i find ReptiChips to be uncomfortable but i still use it for the bigger snakes in bigger tubs and bigger enclosures. i think the pieces are just too big and lumpy if u were to use it on new hatchlings in say a 6quart tub.


Edit: whatchu got cooking HQBz?

[highqualityballz]

i also keep them on paper. personally i find ReptiChips to be uncomfortable but i still use it for the bigger snakes in bigger tubs and bigger enclosures. i think the pieces are just too big and lumpy if u were to use it on new hatchlings in say a 6quart tub.


Edit: whatchu got cooking HQBz?

Just hatched out a pretty nice clown clutch. Hit what I was shooting for, banana enchi clown! I might have to use substrate anyways, any little mess smells pretty bad.

[Ax01]

Just hatched out a pretty nice clown clutch. Hit what I was shooting for, banana enchi clown! I might have to use substrate anyways, any little mess smells pretty bad.

what are u feeding them? b/c it can't be the water!




Edit: also post pix of the clutch. also if i were to go to non-paper substrate for hatchlings, i would go w/ a finer wood/fiber material like ReptiPrime/EcoEarth or even shredded aspen.

[highqualityballz]

what are u feeding them? b/c it can't be the water!




Edit: also post pix of the clutch. also if i were to go to non-paper substrate for hatchlings, i would go w/ a finer wood/fiber material like ReptiPrime/EcoEarth or even shredded aspen.

I bought a bag of reptile prime and let me say I'm not a fan. Imo I might as well dig up some dirt in the yard tbh

[Godzilla78]

I bought a bag of reptile prime and let me say I'm not a fan. Imo I might as well dig up some dirt in the yard tbh

Coconut fiber is amazing at odor control and absorption. But yeah, it’s a frickin mess, and expensive on top of it.


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[highqualityballz]

Coconut fiber is amazing at odor control and absorption. But yeah, it’s a frickin mess, and expensive on top of it.


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I love reptichip but the price skyrocketed from what is used to get it for so I'm probably gonna start getting the other brands of the same stuff like prococo

[Bogertophis]

... Imo I might as well dig up some dirt in the yard tbh

Think twice about that...you can give your snake all sorts of things that way, like roundworms, hookworms, pinworms...

https://www.intechopen.com/books/soi...d-risk-factors

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4199006/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28378987

https://www.petmd.com/reptile/condit...ive/c_rp_worms

[highqualityballz]

Think twice about that...you can give your snake all sorts of things that way, like roundworms, hookworms, pinworms...

https://www.intechopen.com/books/soi...d-risk-factors

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4199006/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28378987

https://www.petmd.com/reptile/condit...ive/c_rp_worms

Thanks but I was completely joking

[Bogertophis]

Thanks but I was completely joking

Never know...and even if we get your humor, others coming to this forum to learn the right things may not realize you weren't serious.