Quote Originally Posted by SVT Wylde View Post
Congratulations on your new snake. Hopefully this experience will go better than the last snake after he has had time to settle in. I understand wanting to save pet store animals because very few stores really know how to care for snakes.

I would start with getting a thermomter and checking your ambient temperature. Unless you keep your house at 80 or more, you will need an auxiliary heat source like a heat lamp.

I didnt have any luck with aspen shavings because it didn’t hold humidity well. Forest Floor or ReptiBark does wonder for humidity. If you get a good gauge like an Accurite gauge, you can keep an eye on humidity and ambient temps. I try to keep my tank between 50-60%
Thank you very much for these tips. However, could I possibly use a mix of peat moss (from Lowe's), sphagnum moss, and orchid bark for substrate as an alternative?