I'm looking at switching my snakes over from paper towels (since the mite treatment is over) back to a natural substrate. I've used the coco bricks rehydrated in the past and blended 50/50 with peat moss. I've found that takes DAYS to dry out enough to use and when I do, the peat gets so dry that it can get very dusty in there, and I'm not the biggest fan of that, though I do like using coconut products.

A local breeder suggested I try cypress, and they sell 100% cypress mulch for $12 a bag and tempted to try that out. Most of my collection is balls in 70 series tubs but I have 3 that need higher humidity: an Amazon tree boa, a Solomon Island ground boa, and a Colombian rainbow bow. The others are just a corn, retic, and burm, and need humidity closer to that of the ball. Any issues in your experiences with the cypress molding or getting funky or anything like that?

Also, does anyone have a formula to figure up how much I need? Most are in 4x2 floorspace enclosures with the rest in 70 series tubs.