I live in an area where it is impossible to get cypress mulch to use as a substrate for my carpet pythons, however; Ponderosa Pine bark is readily available. I was wondering if anybody had used pine bark as a substrate? I do not feed my snakes in their enclosure so ingestion is not a problem. Any help would be appreciated.
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Ponderosa Pine bark for substrate ?
jkruzic
Dec 28, 2004 10:52 PM
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crtoon83
Dec 28, 2004 11:11 PM
pine BARK is no problem. the pulp of the pine wood, however, is very toxic. the oils and fragarances it produces are both hamrful to your snake. But the bark's fine.
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