Quote Originally Posted by Bill T View Post
Whatever u decide on stay away from the bark chips. almost lost a couple snakes from them choking on them when they struck for a feeder. good luck
Bark substrates are perfectly fine to use. A snakes windpipe opening is at the very front of their mouths so i dont see how it was possible for your snake to choke on bark. A little bit of bark is fine for a snake to digest. Now if they get a huge mouthful of it then yea you may have to remove some pieces from their mouth, but even then they'd probably be ok to digest it. A few pieces of bark sticking to a prey item would not cause them to choke.