Reptile Basics hides warping?

[KMG]

Maybe but like others have said, my snakes also don't really care. I actually think they like it as it gives them multiple "doors" to the hide lol. My retic always uses the "back door" aka warped back corner to come and go. He will sit with his head laying outside the actual door though, weird little snake lol.

They may not mind but I certainly would. LOL!

[Sauzo]

They may not mind but I certainly would. LOL!

Lol I did at first but I use aspen so I don't really notice it too much anymore although now that Bean Farm doesn't carry the 7 cu ft bails of aspen anymore, I got no where local to pick it up and i'm not paying $130 for shipping alone for like 3 bails of it. I'll probably be switching to ReptiChip as the people I've talked to love it for their boas, retics and BPs and say it isn't a sloppy muddy mess like Eco Earth is but still holds humidity really well. Only downside I've seen is one gal told me it's kind of a pain to clean out when you do full cage cleanings.

[jmcrook]

Lol I did at first but I use aspen so I don't really notice it too much anymore although now that Bean Farm doesn't carry the 7 cu ft bails of aspen anymore, I got no where local to pick it up and i'm not paying $130 for shipping alone for like 3 bails of it. I'll probably be switching to ReptiChip as the people I've talked to love it for their boas, retics and BPs and say it isn't a sloppy muddy mess like Eco Earth is but still holds humidity really well. Only downside I've seen is one gal told me it's kind of a pain to clean out when you do full cage cleanings.

I just switched to a reptichip competitor recently and like it. It is a bit harder to see smaller pee messes because it's a dark substrate but it's incredibly absorbent and holds humility very well. I got two blocks of actual reptichip but am working through the rest of what I already have the moment. I've been told reptichip is less dusty than the competition, what i have has a good bit of dirt/dust. Hides odor pretty well too.

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[Sauzo]

Nice! So to derail this for a minute, how do you like the stuff jmcrook? Is it pretty dust free? And I'm assuming its larger pieces and not a bag of coffee grounds like Eco Earth? I got 2 bails of aspen left but will do the ReptiChip after since its only $10 for shipping now matter the amount. How often do you change the stuff out? As in how do you know when it is getting gross? I tend to take my snakes out a lot and I really don't want a pee soaked poop coated snake on me or my furniture lol. That's why I change out all my aspen every month or less if they go nuts with the piss and poo.

[jmcrook]

Yeah it's big mulch type chunks about 1/2". I spot clean daily-every other day and do full clean outs every month-two or sooner if needed. It's super absorbent, no pee stinky snakes by any means. I'm pretty sold on the stuff at the moment.


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[Sauzo]

Cool. Yeah a few guys I talked to with retics said they love the stuff. Same with the boa guys.

[Neal]

I have older ones and run them through the dishwasher on the sterilize cycle so they get a LOT hotter than the enclosure. None have ever warped.

It sounds like the new ones may be less desirable.

I prefer the older ones, just seemed a bit better IMO, though I have no basis to support this.