I have been reading, "The Art of Keeping Snakes", which talks about using planted vivs. The author also encourages using live soil substrate, which also consists of some (1/4?) sand mixed in.

I LOVE the look of real plants, but I was wondering how realistic it was. I'd like to create a live one for garters, house snakes and corns.

Any tips, tricks or pics??



Here's the book link : http://www.amazon.com/Art-Keeping-Sn.../dp/1882770633