Its often a good idea to learn all about keeping an animal BEFORE you get it. That said, realize sand is a very poor choice for substrate. It is not absorbant at all and will quickly become a haven for bacteria and all kind of pathogens that would otherwise dry up and die with accepted substrate like aspen bedding, paper towels, or even newspaper. Please forget a "natural" set up, all your snake will do is contaminate it and destroy it anyways. Please concentrate on keeping the snake HEALTHY, if any sand is ingested its not a bio product like the others, and it wont break down in the gut. If you want something to look at, buy a nice picture of a milk and put it on the front of the tank. They are secretive in nature,found UNDER things so they will continue to burrow out of sight. Overall health includes eliminating stress. Make sure to put the top back on the cage EVERY TIME too,lol.Jeff

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