Best substrate

[Gc99]

I currently have my snakes on aspen, but i want something that i can just spray with water and it holds moisture pretty well and it keeps the cage in the humidity range i want it to stay. If its easy to clean, even better. Thanks in advance

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[Medduussa]

I use coconut husk, it does the job. I've used coco fibre in the past (Eco earth) but it tends to get into my snakes mouths and cause them to wheeze during the night while they're exploring! Cocohusk is larger chunks so it doesn't get in their mouths and keeps humidity perfect.


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[Slither Seeker]

cypress mulch has done the trick for me, that and insulating my enclosure and sealing it up most of the way.

[rufretic]

Reptichip has by far been the best I've tried. I've used paper towels and aspen previously and there is no comparison. The paper towels were consistently needing to be changed and the smell was horrendous plus humidity was always an issue. Aspen helped with the smell and humidity but was molding and still smelled. The reptichip does not mold, keeps humidity up and almost completely eliminates odor. It is a type of coconut husk I believe. All you need to do is spot clean and I do a full change every month or two. There is no smell, they are never laying in their piss and humidity is great. I will never go back, it's a little pricey but well worth it!

[Oxylepy]

Orchard Bark, Coconut Husk, and Cypress. Cypress can be hard to find, and I seem to recall some of it comes from the south east US and causes issues. Someone else is bound to know the in-depth, but it's something along the lines of trees that are supposed to be there to help break up hurricanes are being removed, leading to more dangerous landfall of hurricanes, and it's harming the environment.

Orchard Bark and Coconut Husk are highly recommendex, I'd not suggest EcoEarth for ball pythons, I use it for my rats, bugs, and as a mixture with dirt and sand for my lizards, but as stated above it can get in the snakes mouth and cause issues because it's such a fine substrate

[Hypancistrus]

Can you buy the orchid bark in bulk?

[rhiltx]

I use the cypress. The Pet smart close to me does sell the coconut husk but I wasn't sure what it was used for. Is there a greater benefit in using the coconut vs the cypress?

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