One of the things he likes to promote for ball pythons is no drainage layer, which kind of drives me crazy. You NEED a drainage layer, especially if you plan on having plants, because you don't want to over-water the enclosure and then your soil smell all nasty. Otherwise his stuff is sound. Somewhat over-priced, in my opinion, both with bugs and just the substrate mixes themselves . If you know how to do it right you can mix your own stuff for a lot cheaper, but his substrate mixes work fine if you don't know how or don't want to go through the trouble.
As for leaf litter you can collect that from outside, so long as it's 50 feet away from a road lol.
In general you just have to remember that with bioactive, the husbandry needs of the animal don't change. Still same temperatures, still same humidity ranges, just different style of setup.
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