Quote Originally Posted by Eric Alan View Post
This topic has been covered many times. Not to mention that this thread is pretty dang old (was started over 5 years ago). Click this link --> http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...=1#post2301460 <-- for a MUCH better discussion on this topic than Yahoo Answers could ever dream of providing.

The spoiler alert is that there aren't any good reasons to feed a ball python in a separate enclosure if you actually take time to think about it.
Except to keep them from swallowing substrate.
I used Aspen and it refused to hold any humidity. Added a bunch of moss and the entire house smelled like wet moss. Got rid of them both and bought Zilla Jungle Mix. Looks good, holds humidity very well. I', p[leased with it. And it doesn't smell!