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would this be a good substrate for my corn?..right now im just using paper towels but i want to make my tank look a lil more appealing to the eye...any suggestions?

Have you ever looked at reptile bark?Ive used it in the past and had great success with it.It can be cleaned and reused.Ive never heard anything really good about Calci sand.All ive heard are complaints about impaction,trying to spot clean it,and the mess it makes when you try to change it out.It costs a small fortune also.Im not sure if it would be a good substrate for a corn snake.I have seen people with adult beardies use it.The colors of the sand are nice looking.Choices ,choices,choices,best/worst part of owning reptiles....Paul.

I wouldn't use Calci-sand for a few reasons. It could cause impactions if ingested, and might easily be ingested if you feed on it. More importantly, I would think it would be too dry to maintain good humidity. It also would not be easy to tunnel through, which is something corns love to do. I use aspen shavings with mine. It's fairly natural looking and my snake loves to tunnel through it. Like any smaller substrate it could be accidentally ingested, so I don't feed on it.
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1.0 Normal corn, "Mulder"

1.1 cockatiels "Farley" and "Snickerdoodle"
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In my opinion calci sand is a no no. I use it for my geckos. It isn't good for the humidity, and it does pack easily. I use reptibark for my larger snakes, python's and boas and think it works well. For my corns though I use aspen. I think it is easier for my snakes to burrow in, and it's easier to spot when they defacate. Either of the barks will work fine. just my opinion
Jim

I would say no to calci-sand. I used it for about a week in my old dragons cage and it would absorb the water and clump up. It was nice looking, but hard to clean and gets everywhere!

I use CareFresh bedding in my snakes and they love it. It's made of recycled newspapers and one bag will cover all 11 snakes more than once. It's easy for them to tunnel in, and will even hold the tunnel shapes that they make. It's also a little dry, but with a big water bowl the humidity stays nice. And it's easy to scoop out dirty stuff. I put their food on a paper towel and watch them eat to be sure they don't ingest it....even though it says it's digestible.

I've used aspen in the past, and that works too, but I like the carefresh better.
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