Not to offend Don or anybody here, I live in Georgia so I don't do corns (which sucks).

I am going to agree with the comment that you shouldnt use repti-bark. Not because I am going to agree with Don, because in all honesty, I have never heard of him before. (Sorry Don, but anybody asks me about corns and I direct them to Bill Love or Rich (who know who I mean)) I have seen one snake die because of repti-bark. A customer of mine was using repti bark for his baby corn. The corn swallowed some of it and hence died because it obstucted his intestine. Now this can happen with ANY substrate but because repti bark is so big, it can cause problems in animals.

Now from my personal experience with the stuff......I get splinters everytime I reach into a bag of Nature's Bark. Hmmmmm. think about that one. I have also noticed that Repti bark, doesn't hold humidity. Everything seems to dry right out on that stuff. I have a friend that swears by the stuff but I personally will never have a bag in my house. I use cyprus mulch for all my animals that require humidity. I also use aspen but I hate the way that my snakes pile it into the darn water bowl.

Ok so here are a few comments from somebody who doesn't know Don but also hates Repti-bark.

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