Hey Rob,



Just a couple of comments... YEARS ago I tried different substrates, and noticed the ammonia smell you mentioned with the aspen. I also had my ONLY case of mites on my Drymarchon when I used the aspen, as it was bought from a pet sore and was stored near reptiles(Go figure?) I *REALLY* hated that.



So I went back to newspaper and have stayed so ever since. After all, most of it is unworthy of anything else other than cage litter(Unfit to read, to many lies)



Tried papertowel. Too expensive,absorbs to much(Sloppy wet mess..ugh!) and frankly you have to use a TON of it. Works great in slideboxes with babies though!!





I also tried sand, soil, mix, but after lugging THAT stuff around a few times, I was DONE.



I have ALWAYS admired people that can keep easterns in natural looking settings with plants and logs and soil. I met a couple from Denmark that did this. All I DID was ask them questions!!lol I still dont get how they did it. If anyone here keeps their Drymarchon in naturalistic setups, please post pics and educate me,Im frankly amazed by it.



Hope all is well Rob, good post by the way. There are alot of diffrent ways to do things, thats for sure. Experimentation is the key.





*cheers*



Fred Albury

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