I use about half the recommended water so I get a soil like texture instead of mud. You can add but you can't take away! Well, not easily. You'll want to dry it out regardless so your humidity isn't pegged at 99%, I use the oven method for mine. I bake it at 315F for 10 minute intervals, stirring it up each time. It's a pain in the butt, but the substrate is amazing for humidity, and my snakes look phenomenal.

One brick might do a 3ft enclosure, it depends on how much substrate you want in there. I use a good bit since my snakes move it all over the place.

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