Natural decor but not bioactive?

[embrit345]

I don't find it hard to clean. The movements from a BP are tiny and I think very easy to clean up. Now my Blood pythons are a different story and being such they have much simpler cages.

When my BP goes I remove all the soiled substrate to the bottom of the cage and a very generous area around it. I think clean the bottom of the cage. After it has been cleaned and then rinsed with water I replace the area with fresh substrate. Pretty easy.

If anything else is soiled I simply remove it, clean it, and place it back in the cage. Not hard.

That is what I do now. Granted it's kitchen roll so I change the whole lot. The poops I have had so far have been on/in fake foliage and their wood so it comes out for a scrub then back in pretty straight forward xx

[KMG]

Oh my word I hope my son doesn't see this. He is 11 and Star Wars crazy lol

I do appreciate that "natural" I'm the truest sense of the word is non achievable but natural to some degree, as in do 100% of bps live in termite mounds may be some what doable for me. Xx

My BP has never been to her peoples homeland and has never seen a termite mound. The only thing she knows of nature is what I have created for her. No, its not a termite mound but it is a naturalistic design that simply means it recreates aspects of things found in nature. I don't know if the snake really likes it or cares about it but I know I feel better providing it as an owner. I believe it looks good and is much better to look at than a pet rock in a box that's in a box.

[enginee837]

My BP has never been to her peoples homeland and has never seen a termite mound. The only thing she knows of nature is what I have created for her. No, its not a termite mound but it is a naturalistic design that simply means it recreates aspects of things found in nature. I don't know if the snake really likes it or cares about it but I know I feel better providing it as an owner. I believe it looks good and is much better to look at than a pet rock in a box that's in a box.

I concur. The term "natural" as I took it was earthy type substrate and tree type hides, foliage and bacground. This being more "natural" looking than a Tupper ware bin.
Based on the fact that non of our pets are wild caught and judging by how much they explore their enclosures, I would think it is safe to say they enjoy their "natural" enclosures. It is just an added bonus that we find them appealing to look at too.
Don't get me wrong, I would never keep an animal in an enclosure that stressed them out just because it looks good. However I feel with (bp'especially) good appetite is a sign of a happy bp. Ours eat great and have good sheds.

[KMG]

I concur. The term "natural" as I took it was earthy type substrate and tree type hides, foliage and bacground. This being more "natural" looking than a Tupper ware bin.
Based on the fact that non of our pets are wild caught and judging by how much they explore their enclosures, I would think it is safe to say they enjoy their "natural" enclosures. It is just an added bonus that we find them appealing to look at too.
Don't get me wrong, I would never keep an animal in an enclosure that stressed them out just because it looks good. However I feel with (bp'especially) good appetite is a sign of a happy bp. Ours eat great and have good sheds.

YEP!

Just FYI you can get a wild caught BP. You actually get many different snakes that were wild caught. Several members here have done so. I guess those wild caught BPs would be the only ones that complained about my cage setup. But maybe I could get a wild caught country snake that was used to living in a situation closer to my setup instead of an inner city BP that was used to living in a termite mound highrise apartment.

[Coluber42]

There's perhaps a distinction to be made between "natural" and "naturalistic". I would think of "natural" to mean that it attempts to look like what the animal would encounter in its wild habitat. "Naturalistic" would mean that it at least resembles or evokes things found in nature *somewhere* - so, substrate that looks like some sort of soil, leaves, bark, branches, rocks, etc; as opposed to newspaper, RBI hides and cardboard boxes, bright pink dog bowl, crashed star destroyer in the background.

I suppose "natural" could also just mean things like real branches, live plants, real rocks, etc, even if they don't come from the same place as ball pythons do - instead of "fauxliage" and aspen substrate.

[enginee837]

YEP!

Just FYI you can get a wild caught BP. You actually get many different snakes that were wild caught. Several members here have done so. I guess those wild caught BPs would be the only ones that complained about my cage setup. But maybe I could get a wild caught country snake that was used to living in a situation closer to my setup instead of an inner city BP that was used to living in a termite mound highrise apartment.

Sorry, when I said "none of our pets" I was referring to the pets in my family's house. I do get what you are saying though!