Quote Originally Posted by hollowlaughter View Post
Yep, long as the husbandry's on point they shouldn't risk anything like a bowel impaction from the substrate any more than the rodent's fur/bones would cause on its own. This is why humidity and hydration are good.

Humans get constipated when dehydrated too, after all.

I keep mine on hemp (about the same as cypress) but it's cut a little finer. Mine's eaten bits and pieces with meals (they usually get stuck on his saliva while he gums at it or on blood if he had a strong strike). No issues so far.
I'm just harping back to a excerpt from a scientific paper I saw a while back which suggested that whilst snakes can digest feathers and bones they can't digest wood ...

Kinda made sense to me at the time but if anyone can show proof or evidence to the contrary I'll continue to be wary.


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