ReptiChip vs. Reptile Prime Size Comparison

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Has nothing to do with how delicate a snake is or not Both work perfectly fine.

Its really mostly personal preference. And priorities.

If finances are a priority, ReptiChip is cheaper.

Here is why I prefer Reptile Prime over ReptiChip.

I do NOT like having to wet that giant brick of ReptiChip. It leaves me with a huge amount of wet substrate. And it stays wet for quite a while. It raises the humidity like crazy, and that is not always a good thing. I much prefer to start out with DRY substrate and then mist as needed. When I used ReptiChip I would put the wet stuff in a giant tote and then turn it several times the day while trying to dry it out faster. Pain in the rear end. IF someone needs super high humidity and has a cage in which substrate dries out quickly, by all means, ReptiChip would be great. Also if you need a ton of substrate for many animals, ReptiChip may be the way to go, as you don't have to store that much of it.

I do NOT like the big chunks in ReptiChip. They don't feel comfortable. Also, they have different colors/shades. Some lighter, some darker. That in itself is not a problem, pleasing to the eye actually, but it makes spot cleaning harder. With The Reptile Prime I know exactly which part of the substrate is soiled. Its darker. With the ReptiChip I used to waste a lot more clean substrate, because of the chunks and not being sure which chunks are darker because they have urine soaked in and which of them are darker just because that's the way they are. I also find Reptile Prime soaks up messes much better, far easier to clean.

I HAVE found mold on ReptiChip. On the chunks. I have never had that problem with Reptile Prime.

So here you go. If some of those issues on either of those products are not a big deal to you, you can decide what works FOR YOU !! The snakes will be fine either way, if you adjust the humidity correctly.
I have low humidity in the house at times. When the AC runs a lot or the heater. Never had a issue though. I have one of those bigger spray bottles (pressure ones) and it takes seconds to mist.

Yes, sometimes you will have a piece of substrate in the snakes mouth. With either of the products. Only have seen that occasionally. With Reptile Prime it will be soft and most likely they can work it out of their mouth themselves just fine. If a bit gets swallowed, no big deal. They digest bones within days, a bit of dirt isn't going to cause an issue.

The only time I had to "dig out" a piece of substrate was actually a long but narrow chunk of ReptiChip. That was not going to just work its way out. Of course that was in Jags (3000 gr male) mouth and he was still in hunting/feeding mode. Fun fun.