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Is this type of bedding where it comes in brick form and one brick fits a 40 gal. terrarium ok for corn snakes? Or will it now work as a bedding for them?

Signed Nei_Kai

>>Is this type of bedding where it comes in brick form and one brick fits a 40 gal. terrarium ok for corn snakes? Or will it now work as a bedding for them?
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>>Signed Nei_Kai

I haven't used it personally but I have read that it can dry out and get dusty.
I use and recommend aspen but there is also paper towels, news paper and care fresh. It depends on your preference.
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Jimmy (draybar)

i use it for my boas and my JCPs, but i dont like it for colubrids. I keep it in the humid hides sometimes, but that's it. For lower humidity animals, it seems to get dusty, and clumpy. Aspen is my preferred substrate for all of my colubrids, because of that.

& like it. Yes, it's the stuff that comes in bricks that you soak in water. I understand that corn snakes need some humidity & coconut fiber holds it relatively well. I use it because it's around my house anyway for my frogs, so it's convenient.
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i recently had a run in with that eco earth brick..here is my story,

well about 3 weeks ago I had decided to try this stuff for my adult black milk as it wasnt pine, cedar or the like. Well about 2 1/2 weeks later I noticed her weezing and open mouth breathing so I took her to the vet and sure enough she had a respritory (sp) infection from it. She had a runny nose type deal. I took some of the mucous stuff and put it under a microscope. I compared the dry eco earth to the stuff that was in the mucous and it seems to be the same thing. It gets too dry to quickly and turns to very very fine granules (kinda like dust) so i took the stuff and lemme tell ya it makes a better fire starter than it does a cage substrate. just a note for those of you using it. There is some evidence for you disbelievers. I switched her back to aspen and shes doing fine

As a note this was a total mistake on my part and I regret ever using the stuff. I guess all I can say is that is one mistake I definitly learned from. I learned the hard way...which I hope none of you have to do. -George

I too have used it with good success. It might be a mistake to assume that the infection was caused by the substrate. It could be a coincidence. Just my two cents