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[SCWood]

I started with carpet. I'm talking we went to Home Depot and cut carpet...didn't work out. The fibers shed everywhere and it's a pain to clean. Then I switched to aspen. Way too much dust. Then came eco earth. Even dustier and a pain to clean. Now? I'm temporarily stuck with one cage that has coco, one has reptile bark, and one has newspaper. I really like the bark for the iggy and wanted to double check that it's okay for my snake children ^^ The snake on paper is having a fit...he made his point... Any other recommendations would be helpful as well!

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1.1 Red-tail
0.1 Albino corn

[JoshSloane]

Paper towel. They get used to it pretty fast and its economical and easy to replace. Most top breeders use it.

[magicmed]

Repti bark is said to be fine for ball python and I believe for your boa as well. I've never used it though, so I can't offer personal experience, the only thing I would worry about is a tooth getting stuck on a piece of bark. I'm sure someone who uses it will chime in. Personally I use about a 50/50 mix of aspen and eco earth. Bottom inch all aspen, top inch to 1.5 Of eco earth. Loki tends to mix it up as he slither through it and beds down.

[SCWood]

Paper towel. They get used to it pretty fast and its economical and easy to replace. Most top breeders use it.

IDK mama wants to keep it looking natural she hates the look of paper!

Repti bark is said to be fine for ball python and I believe for your boa as well. I've never used it though, so I can't offer personal experience, the only thing I would worry about is a tooth getting stuck on a piece of bark. I'm sure someone who uses it will chime in. Personally I use about a 50/50 mix of aspen and eco earth. Bottom inch all aspen, top inch to 1.5 Of eco earth. Loki tends to mix it up as he slither through it and beds down.

Well, I made some coco in a bucket and had extra so I let it sit to dry and now it has buggies in it >.> moths and all that weird nonsense so mama is using it as potting soil. I just love the bark because it's not as dusty and smell so nice.

[magicmed]

I understand completely, I started on carpet because of past good experience with it years ago, had a feeding disaster, so tried paper, hated it. Went to aspen, didn't care for it. Now I'm on this mix and it's decent so far for looks and comfort, but like you said can me messy. I'm finding it's kinda difficult to get a good looking, clean, manageable, and safe substrate. ><

[gameonpython]

Repti bark is nice, but if your snake goes to the bathroom you will have a hell of a time getting rid of the smell. I suggest cypress mulch. It's similar, but the pieces are bigger, softer, and don't smell!


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[anicatgirl]

Tried cypress?

[Sonny1318]

Newspaper, reptibark, aspen and now paper towels. Seven tanks. My wife likes natural, but reptibark and even aspen don't always spot clean well. And I don't want to argue, just stick your head in there and take a good sniff ( I dare you). Reptibark holds moisture well, looks great. Paper towels are my favorite though. Hope that helps, we were using aspen. Spot cleaning very thorough, still stunk. Might as well get the benefits of the reptibark, if your going for looks. Peace, don't go nuts we have this debate to often.

[200xth]

Pine. Better absorbency than aspen, doesn't mold nearly as easily, decent odor control.

At least in my experience.

[hungba]

Pine. Better absorbency than aspen, doesn't mold nearly as easily, decent odor control.

At least in my experience.

200xth, which is more mold resistant? Pine or cypress?

Also, what brand pine you use? I can get nepco brand but it seems the pieces look huge.