This is what I used when I was a kid keeping a garter snake.



I've been trying this epoxy-coated pea gravel substrate with a few kings and a baby boa. The thermal mass properties are fantastic with undertank heating.



One other nice property - when the air temp in the room gets up there, the gravel on the cool side of the cage is actually noticeably cooler than the air or glass. A very nice feature for a cage in my herp room.



The bad part - it requires cleaning alot since the more liquid part of the stools goes right down between the gravel. Still, I like it. No dust, good heat properties, and the kings will even burrow into it.








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Mark

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• pea gravel substrate - markg, Sat Mar 14 17:03:46 2009
• RE: pea gravel substrate - BobS, Sat Mar 14 21:42:30 2009
• RE: pea gravel substrate - rbichler, Sun Mar 15 11:50:59 2009
• RE: pea gravel substrate - BobS, Sun Mar 15 12:14:50 2009
• RE: pea gravel substrate - rbichler, Sun Mar 15 14:57:22 2009
• RE: pea gravel substrate - markg, Tue Mar 17 16:03:37 2009
• Wood poducts and drying skin.......... - BobS, Tue Mar 17 16:43:50 2009