Ok i've always kind of thought that dirt would probably be best as a substrate.Makes perfect sense to me as that's what we have in nature, right? I've been using sand though for my little Uro but with all the soil talk going around, and info from Robyn it sounds like a very good plan if done right.I'd tries a peat mix before for my California King but it didn't work so well and i just ended up with a dirty snake due to me not going about it the right way.



A question i had was is it recommended to sterilize any "outside" dirt one collects? What i mean by that would be to put it in the oven for several hours at around 350-400 to kill any nasty stuff in the dirt.I haven't seen anyone posting about that in particular so i'm kinda curious.Other than taht it seems pretty straightforward.



Unfortunately with the build of my cages i don't think i'll be able to supply enough depth though, and this is a concern for me as well.I might just slope some dirt or make a larger substrate dam to keep it from falling out when i open the door.



So from what i can read here 8" should be a decent minimum depth?

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• Questions on dirt (shocking i know haha) - Spankenstyne, Sat Dec 13 05:26:05 2003
• RE: Questions on dirt (shocking i know haha) - el_toro, Sat Dec 13 12:24:30 2003
• RE: Questions on dirt (shocking i know haha) - robyn@ProExotics, Sat Dec 13 15:41:57 2003
• RE: Questions on dirt (shocking i know haha) - Spankenstyne, Sat Dec 13 16:22:41 2003