When I used Cypress Mulch for my BPs, it would always dry out because I'm using heat lamps and that the fact I live in a hot and dry environment. It also was messing up my female's belly, making clear shedding-like pieces come off of the scales which I think should not even happen at all. I would have to mist the Cypress a few times a day to keep the humidity up, but after switching from a 60 watt to a 75 watt bulb my humidity got very low. Like around 30% and lower, which I know I had to immediately fix.

Yesterday, I had some Aspen Bedding left over in the bag that I didn't use for my new Hognose, so I thought, "I think it would be best to change Monty (male BP) over to Aspen." So I did, and it works so well. Today, I got some more Aspen Bedding because I really had to change the substrate since I was concerened of what was happening with Candice's (female BP) humidity levels and her underside. I throroughly cleaned out the enclosure, free of any left of Cypress. As soon as I got everything together and misted the Aspen and cage items lightly, the humidity was up between 50%-60% in no time. I'm never going back to Cypress again, and I even noticed that Candice got Cypress in her nose, and in her mouth. Yay for Aspen!!

*Also something I noticed is that when Candice was on Cypress she was going to the cooler end of the enclosure and now she's back on the warmer end ever since I put the Aspen in there.