I've also heard any aromatic, oily woods/barks are bad.



I use Cypress Mulch for my milk snake. You can get a huge bag in the Garden Center at Home Depot or Lowes and it lasts forever. Very inexpensive, too. Why buy those small, expensive bags at the pet store?



Get a mister, so you can keep it damp. I pick out the large pieces, but you probably don't have to...



Or, you can use newspaper and add a humid hide. That's the setup for our corn. I took a disposable tupperware and melted a hole in the side with a butane lighter. I taped around the hole and sides to keep it dark. Put a wad of spaghnum moss from Petsmart or wherever and soak it well. Put on the lid, and place it on the warm end of the viv. They love it. Just keep the moss damp and change out the moss every couple of weeks. You can also flip the moss to help it last longer (resist decay). My snakes spend days in there, esp around shed.



Walt



Walt

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• Pine shavings for corns? - herperjames, Sat Mar 18 21:32:06 2006
• RE: Pine shavings for corns? - draybar, Sat Mar 18 21:36:12 2006
• DITTO - HerpZillA, Sat Mar 18 21:44:18 2006
• RE: Pine shavings for corns? - johninbs, Sat Mar 18 23:25:16 2006
• RE: Pine shavings for corns? - PHLdyPayne, Sun Mar 19 08:44:04 2006
• Cypress Mulch works great - wpglaeser, Sun Mar 19 09:09:40 2006
• RE: Cypress Mulch works great - HerpZillA, Sun Mar 19 15:20:08 2006
• RE: Pine shavings for corns? - zach_whitman, Wed Mar 29 23:57:09 2006