I am currently using cypress mulch but I am finding I get an aweful lot of condensation with it and I worry about the humidity level being too high. Any pros or cons with using either mulches? I also used to use newspaper but I really do not like using it as a substrate. Thanks in advance for your thoughts and comments.
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Does anyone use pine shavings for bedding?......more
PerryC.
Oct 07, 2003 08:47 PM
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khalliaar
Oct 07, 2003 09:33 PM
I use a very fine aspen shavings. They're in bulk at the pet store I go to and they are finer than the shavings you can buy for rabbits and mice ect. They are actually only about .5cm by .5cm my snake seems to be doing fine in them and the snakes at the store (the store takes good care of the pets, I know all the workers personally) use it as well.
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ecb
Oct 08, 2003 11:52 AM
With pine U get a redish belly, with flaking/peeling up scales, and petichia (red dots from irritated skin/capilaries)under other scales
I have seen this on a snake that was on it only 2 days
Aspen is a much more benign substrate, but I much prefer the Cypress for my daughters snake, dispite the price.
it keep the humididty just fine
spray less water, get less humididty, spray more water for more
the water does not leach unless U SOAK it, and U can actually get it fairly wet under one hide for a humid hide during shed (I toss the substrate with some water, so each piece is damp, then pile up under the larger of the 2 hides on the hot end. By the time shed is over, the substrate has dried out, then she poops, and we change the substrate)
Good luck on finding exactly what you want and need for your snake, glad to see U looking into options before doing them
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Elizabeth (ecb)
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MaxPeterson
Oct 11, 2003 07:22 PM
I've used it off & on for over 30 years, & only ever had a problem once - I got a batch that was toxic (it must have had a pesticide or something on it, as I had about a dozen snakes get neurological problems & die).
If you can, get the screened & kiln dried pine.
Care-fresh is another good option.
