Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
Switch to what?

What works wonders?

You are not fully explaining yourself and while you know exactly what you mean it is not clear to the users on the other end reading it.

From my guess you don't use a natural substrate any longer. The natural substrates are ideal in some situations and is safe to use. Search the forum and see what you come up with on people having problems with impaction.

Then I don't know if you are recommending feeding live or dangling from the tail. Feeding live again is right is certain circumstances and with certain snakes but many people that have larger collections that don't breed feeders find it much easier to use f/t.

If you meant dangle from the tail Im in agreement with you there. Most of my snakes take them off tongs the same way.
I apologize for not explaining myself better, its been a long day.

I am currently using natural shredded substrate (I don't remember exactly what its made of, but its ball python safe. I think it might be coconut shred?) Its easier for the snake to swallow IF it gets in their mouth, and also easier to digest because its smaller bits. Since I started using tongs, he hasn't gotten much substrate in his mouth, and if he has, he passed it in his next evacuation)

I feed live and dangle from the tail. Monty was a rescue and refuses f/t. I've tried every way there is, and the only thing he eats is live. We had the issue with him getting substrate in his mouth when we were using bark (he usually got it out on his own), but it gave me anxiety so I talked to a specialist about the best way to go, and the combination of those two things is what he suggested, and it has worked wonders

Hope that helps.