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I've read about all the barks/wood chips like as substrates and as my ball's first substrate I used fir. When I went to the pet store the girl at the counter recommended I use Eco-Earth which is what she uses for her snakes, 2 of which are balls. Does anyone else use this/have comments about it. She said the only bad thing she's heard was that they migh eat some of it with their food. Also how often do you replace it, she said every two weeks?

I've used gravel, aspen, eco-earth, paper towels, newspaper and bark of substrate for my snakes. They have their pros and cons, personally i use Repti-bark for all of my snakes. It holds humidity great and i don't have problems cleaning it, that's because i feed all of them in a separate enclosure with paper towles and let them there until they defecate so they won't mess their main cage. I also clean the main cages even though they are not dirt every month.
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-Miki

1.0 Ball Python (Python Regius)
0.0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates Cenchria Cenchria)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon (Chamaleo Calyptratus)
0.0.2 Hermit Crabs
2.0 Emperor Scorpions (Pandinus Imperator)
0.0.1 Sinaloan Milksnake (Lampropeltis Triangulum Sinaloae)

>>I've used gravel, aspen, eco-earth, paper towels, newspaper and bark of substrate for my snakes. They have their pros and cons, personally i use Repti-bark for all of my snakes. It holds humidity great and i don't have problems cleaning it, that's because i feed all of them in a separate enclosure with paper towles and let them there until they defecate so they won't mess their main cage. I also clean the main cages even though they are not dirt every month.
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>>-Miki
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>>1.0 Ball Python (Python Regius)
>>0.0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates Cenchria Cenchria)
>>1.0 Veiled Chameleon (Chamaleo Calyptratus)
>>0.0.2 Hermit Crabs
>>2.0 Emperor Scorpions (Pandinus Imperator)
>>0.0.1 Sinaloan Milksnake (Lampropeltis Triangulum Sinaloae)

I never thought of leaving the snake out of the main tank till it defecates. How long after eating does it usually take for the snake to defecate? (i never really paid much attention to how long it took, just made sure they were going regularly. thanks.
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Heidi Kagarise
hjk@pennswoods.net

0.1 BALL PYTHON (Mona Lisa)
1.0 GOLDEN GREEK TORTOISE (Scooby Doo)
1.1 SPINY MICE (Sugar & Spice)
1.0 RABBIT (Bunny)
1.2 BARN CATS (Lilah & 2 no name kittens)
0.1 LAB MIX PUPPY (Tootise)

It depends on how often and how many i feed him. If i feed him 2 juvenile rats it would take about a week or two. Sometimes i feed him and he doesn't defecate because he is about to shed, and i leave him there too util he finishes his process.
hope that helped!
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-Miki

1.0 Ball Python (Python Regius)
0.0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates Cenchria Cenchria)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon (Chamaleo Calyptratus)
0.0.2 Hermit Crabs
2.0 Emperor Scorpions (Pandinus Imperator)
0.0.1 Sinaloan Milksnake (Lampropeltis Triangulum Sinaloae)