I have never fed my snakes on loose substrate like Aspen, Cypress Mulch, etc, and haven't actually used loose substrate for most of this year. It does looks like a lot of the bigger breeders feed directly on the loose substrate (for convenience with a large collection I'm sure.)

Many people believe that there is no risk to their animals accidentally consuming some of the substrate on occasion considering how powerful their digestive system is. Others worry about impaction or think it's not worth the risk, even if that risk is small.

Which leads me to the question and the poll above! Do you ever feed your ball pythons directly on loose substrate?