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View Poll Results: What Type of Substrate Do You Prefer?

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  • Repti Bark

    8 8.51%
  • Aspen Shavings

    32 34.04%
  • Eco Earth

    13 13.83%
  • Other (comment below)

    44 46.81%
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    Re: Poll: What Substrate Do You Prefer?

    Quote Originally Posted by RustlewoodReptiles View Post
    Hello everybody, I was wondering if what I'm doing
    would be okay for my female spotnose ball python.
    She's a little over a year old in a 10 gallon tank but
    I have a 55 gallon that I'm prepping for her and will
    add many hides and or half off the enclosure to make
    her feel more secure if need be (maybe thinking foggers
    along with dehumidifiers working symbiotically in tank)..

    Now, before people start telling me tubs are better
    which I'm aware of, I'll make sure this thing is dialed
    into the correct environmental settings. I'm versed
    with very picky plants so this won't be an issue for
    me. What I'm mainly wondering here is if it would be
    okay to use these soft nylon/polyester bath mats as
    a substrate or just as the bottom of the tank with
    sphagnum moss as the substrate. I made sure it was
    a non yarn-laden type bathmat that wouldn't snag
    scales at a reverse direction. Out of everything I'm
    wondering I just want to know if this would be toxic
    in anyway , in the way pine and cedar is to snakes,
    to my sweet spotnose ball python. I searched the
    internet relentlessly and found nothing pertaining to
    the materials used, or any bath mats being poisonous
    or harmful to snakes. I'm very sure I'm just being extra
    cautious, as any novice or even experienced herper
    should be, and am making sure I don't mess up. The
    tank I got was for free, and discovered the back of it
    is shattered which matters not to me as it won't be
    holding any water, so I'm putting one of the mats
    against the whole back wall as a cover from the glass
    that's shattered and to double as a background/soft
    material to rub up against. So even if I go with another
    substrate, I still have these fake grass pads for reptiles
    which I originally had for the broken glass wall until I
    bought these bathmats and cut them up. I'll post pics
    of the development in a bit depending on feedback ITT.

    Thank you in advance!

    RustlewoodReptiles
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