Do you think I'm eventually going to get bit?

[Kaorte]

Ya true, I just don't really want my snakes to swallow the substrate. I know it won't harm them (switched to Aspen now) but I know the substrate really isn't meant to be swallowed so just avoiding possible future impaction from swallowing the substrate cuz it always can happen. Especially when I had the Cypress Mulch.. I would never feed in the enclosure with it. The Cypress was dry, sharp, and rough so I was afraid that if swallowed it would tear the insides of my BPs and possibly cause a painful impaction.

They swallow animals WHOLE. teeth, nails and bone. Their mouths are meant to take a beating. A little piece of substrate will not harm them.

As for substrate ingestion, because snakes can digest bone and hair, a small bit of substrate will not cause impaction. If you feed F/T just lay down some paper towel and put the prey item on that.