Ron!! How could you not like cypress. I never used it before simply because of the price but since Chewy.com has it for so cheap, i decided to try it and i love the stuff for the boas, bp and dumerils. After a couple weeks of it with Caesar, i will say it is the best stuff i have tried for him but it still doesnt kill the smell. But then neither does any other substrate. I am starting to think retics are just a messy, musky smelling snake by nature lol.
And i might eat my words a little. I caught Pat down on the floor tonight digging around in the Reptile Prime and he looked like he was having the time of his life so maybe i will stick to it with just him as he is small and the biggest cage i would use for him would be a 36Lx24Dx24H so it would be a little more cost effective.
But i agree, use what works for you. It's like the RHP and heat tape arguments i see so much lol.
LOL - I thought the cypress had too many large pieces and my snakes NEVER burrowed in it. The day I got the Reptile Prime they were digging/hiding/exploring and as you said, seemed to really enjoy it.
They also LOVE the RHP's. BUUHAHAHAHA
Ball Python
0.1 Lesser (Lucille) local pet store
Boas 0.1 Caulkers Cay (CC) from TJ Blevins (Second City Constrictors)
1.0 Sunglow het moonglow (Sonny) from Dustin Dirnberger
1.0 BCI - DH Sharp Snow (Bob) from TJ Blevins (Second City Constrictors)
1.0 Brazillian Rainbow Boa (Babylon) from Ike Lightener (Ike's Exotics & Aquatics) Pythons 0.0.1 Unknown/undocumented rescue (Roger)
1.0 Northern White Lip (Solo)
Cats
1.1 Domestic short hair (Esther and James) Snake Wishlist
Drymarchon Malanurus (Black Tail Cribno)
SD/D Retic
Woma or Black Headed Python Other Reptile Wishlist
Poison dart frogs