what do you think of coconut-fiber substrate?

[kitedemon]

I've been using it for awihle now gonna switch to something else but not sure what yet. Its pretty messy and the other day my albino had a pretty nasty chunk of it stuck in his eye. Was taking him to the vet for something else but luckily he was able to remove it safely.

I saw your post of the 'burn' I still don't see how a burn can be a 2-3 rd degree burn and skip a bit and burn underside and dorsal side. Did you ever find anything that was hot to the touch? (Dorsal burns are almost always contact burns)

Snakes have Brille or spectacle scales there is no lid or opening. There is no break in the scales around the eye or over it. (Eye caps come off with shed) to get something in the eye it would have to puncture the scale. I have never seen anything sharp and stiff enough to pierce a scale. Wood chips yes splinters but I have never got a splinter from coco husk.


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[Herpenthusiast3]

I like to use coco fiber and then mix a bit of cypress mulch into the first inch. This helps keep the humidity and he doesn't try and dig when I mix in the cypress mulch. It also doesn't seem to stick to him as much as the coco fiber alone. I hardly ever find substrate in my BP's water bowl and he is constantly climbing in and out of it. Downsides are you can't find where the snake urinates but as long as you regularly spot clean and Change out your substrate i don't feel like it poses a problem. When my collection starts to grow I would like to keep BP's in racks on paper towels because then you can completely control sanitization issues. I only own one BP in a sort of display setup so I don't have all the sweet racks bells and whistles that a lot of the keeper on her have.

[Brent857]

I saw your post of the 'burn' I still don't see how a burn can be a 2-3 rd degree burn and skip a bit and burn underside and dorsal side. Did you ever find anything that was hot to the touch? (Dorsal burns are almost always contact burns)

Snakes have Brille or spectacle scales there is no lid or opening. There is no break in the scales around the eye or over it. (Eye caps come off with shed) to get something in the eye it would have to puncture the scale. I have never seen anything sharp and stiff enough to pierce a scale. Wood chips yes splinters but I have never got a splinter from coco husk.


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I really don't know but the vet confirmed it was a burn. I did have a female in with him while waiting on my rack will be here in a 2-3 days. But she is heavier so maybe them being coiled up together pushed his tail down just far enough, his belly is slightly pink and 1 or 2 burn scales but its mainly on his tail. Since the vet the burn looks much better some of the burnt scales fell off but it looks better.

[kitedemon]

I guess I am saying i don't feel very confident in your vet. They gave you antibiotic cream for a burn if it is a burn. Did you correct the place the burn came from? Flamazine is made for burns it is a silver sulfizdine cream why the vet would not give you a product made for burns is beyond me. Regular antibiotic creams make scales soften and fall off. (polysporn)

[Ginevive]

I was wondering how it'd get stuck into the snake's eye, too..

[Coopers Constrictors]

Anything other than paper towels is a no no for me.