Most odor absorbent substrate

[Expensive hobby]

You can use pine for you rodents. Less cost, absorbs odors better, and isn't the evil monster everyone makes it out to be. I even use it on a bunch of my larger snakes.

Oh and if you have a dedicated snake room, why is your door not sealed up?!? Seal that sucker up. It will help with heat retention, smell outside if the room, and VASTLY limits "looking around" space for an escapee. If they get out, no biggie, they are in a warm room, an can't get out into the rest if the house.
I like my Dubstep to go Wop Wop Wop Wop

I like my Dubstep to go Wop Wop Wop Wop

[Expensive hobby]

Whoops quoted instead of edited lol.


I like my Dubstep to go Wop Wop Wop Wop

[Badgemash]

You can use pine for you rodents. Less cost, absorbs odors better, and isn't the evil monster everyone makes it out to be. I even use it on a bunch of my larger snakes.

I have a reliable source for the huge bags of Harlan Teklad shredded aspen at a fairly reasonable price, but if you can steer me toward a supplier of bulk kiln-dried pine at a better price then I would quite happily switch.

I haven't done anything to the door because we're renting the house (same reason I haven't looked into venting options yet), although I suppose I could try one of those slide on foam thingies.

[Expensive hobby]

I have a reliable source for the huge bags of Harlan Teklad shredded aspen at a fairly reasonable price, but if you can steer me toward a supplier of bulk kiln-dried pine at a better price then I would quite happily switch.

I haven't done anything to the door because we're renting the house (same reason I haven't looked into venting options yet), although I suppose I could try one of those slide on foam thingies.

I use mallard creek tri mix for my rodents and large snakes. It's like $8 after tax for a 7.5CuFt bale. I don't know what price you get for HT but if it's close to the same price and it's aspen if stick with that. I wish I could find aspen cheaper, but can't, so I use pine for my large enclosures.


I like my Dubstep to go Wop Wop Wop Wop

[Badgemash]

I use mallard creek tri mix for my rodents and large snakes. It's like $8 after tax for a 7.5CuFt bale. I don't know what price you get for HT but if it's close to the same price and it's aspen if stick with that. I wish I could find aspen cheaper, but can't, so I use pine for my large enclosures.


I like my Dubstep to go Wop Wop Wop Wop

My HT is cheap, but not that cheap, and the HT bags are only 4.35 cubic feet. Where can one find this tri mix (I'll google it also, but it never hurts to ask too)?

[Expensive hobby]

My HT is cheap, but not that cheap, and the HT bags are only 4.35 cubic feet. Where can one find this tri mix (I'll google it also, but it never hurts to ask too)?

As long as they are a distributor any feed store can order it. I don't have "the hook up" on it per say, I just get it for a good price from the feed store I frequent.


I like my Dubstep to go Wop Wop Wop Wop

[koseckk89]

Whoa whoa whoa...
Maybe im over stepping.. So i apologize

Mayhaps take hubby to a moms n pops pet store, you know the ones, i notice most of those hold more of a odor to them, perhaps let him see how bad the house could be...

Other thing is, everything has a natural "odor" about them..

Sorry im not of much help. I like using regular papertowels when i wake i can smell if the cage needs cleaning, but i sleep in the same room.

I know they make bags of lavastone n such that pulls in odors n you can recharge it in the sun, i used it with ferrets, now there is an odor.. Maybe you can stash them around your spare room or rotate them out

[Expensive hobby]

Little update for you. Call Mallard Creek up directly. If you wanna buy bulk you can get it through them and the price is the same as I said or less. Dependent on how much you order. I go through about a bale and a half a week mainly because of our rats(changed every 3 days).


I like my Dubstep to go Wop Wop Wop Wop

[Badgemash]

Whoa whoa whoa...
Maybe im over stepping.. So i apologize

Mayhaps take hubby to a moms n pops pet store, you know the ones, i notice most of those hold more of a odor to them, perhaps let him see how bad the house could be...

Other thing is, everything has a natural "odor" about them..

Not overstepping at all! I think he just has some kind of snake smelling super powers, because I can't tell until I'm at least in the same room with them. He's a good guy though, so I'm willing to put the extra effort into obsessive deodorizing if it keeps him happy.

Little update for you. Call Mallard Creek up directly. If you wanna buy bulk you can get it through them and the price is the same as I said or less. Dependent on how much you order. I go through about a bale and a half a week mainly because of our rats(changed every 3 days).


I like my Dubstep to go Wop Wop Wop Wop

Thanks for the heads up, I'll give them a call.

Odor Update:
I switched everyone except the breeding girls over to aspen (the boys go into the girls' tubs, so I don't want slivers of aspen near any hemipenes). I also read the NASA study on air filtering plants, it's super convenient that the best air fliterers are some of the harder to kill houseplants, I now have one peace lily for every 100 sq. ft. of space, it's a very tropical vibe here. I also bought a carpet shampooer* which is doing an excellent job of keeping dust levels down (and easing my fears about flame retardants, but that's another story for the off-topic section). Overall it has made a big difference (well according to the hubby it has, I can tell the carpet feels/looks nicer and we have less dust and that's about it), so thanks everyone for the help, I'm going to order another rack soon now that he no longer has smelly snake concerns, yay!

* I bought it at Target, they had it marked at $249, but I showed the girl at customer service the same one on sale on Amazon for $170 using my phone, and she price matched it.

[sho220]

Here ya go...