i am a utilitarian, and also incredibly lazy. i am trying to construct the lowest maintenance snake set-up i can. i have a CB kingsnake.

the main problem is with using astroturf. if he poops on it, i usually dont feel well enough just sraping it off, so i clean his carpet after a few times for his own sanitation. this is pretty annoying, because i have to take him out, and take all the other stuff out to get the carpet out. whats a better thing to use? i dont want him to be able to get under it(which he just figured out), and i want to be able to easily clean it without dismantling his whole tank. what do you use?

i was thinking very small blocks of tile, then when he pooped on one or 2, you could take it out and clean it individually.

another thing that im sure only bothers me is changing his water. i try to change it whenever he soaks in it, but i can never tell when he has. ill still change it when hes spent a day in it and left some skin, but is there another way to disinfect instead?

thanks for any ideas.

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• habitat maintenance. - forkit, Wed May 17 15:14:35 2006
• RE: habitat maintenance. - forkit, Wed May 17 15:16:11 2006
• better get a pet rock - janome, Wed May 17 15:33:42 2006
• RE: better get a pet rock - forkit, Thu May 18 14:40:36 2006
• RE: better get a pet rock - janome, Sat May 20 04:36:59 2006
• coconut fiber - jnutz, Mon May 22 03:47:32 2006
• RE: habitat maintenance. - yoyoing, Wed May 17 18:34:51 2006
• RE: habitat maintenance. - viborero, Thu May 18 15:09:21 2006
• RE: Some tips - markg, Fri May 19 14:29:32 2006