I've used spagnum moss for years with kings, milks, hogs, rats and pits with good results.
I use shoe or sweater boxes, depending on the size of the snakes with the boxes placed in the long way, going from to warm to cooler side to give a slight temp gradient from end to end. I always use boxes with solid color tops with just a small hole cut in one side for access and I wrap the sides with brown packing tape for security. I use bigger boxes for the snakes size than I used too years ago and they seem to get comfortable much quicker. I put the spagnum moss deep enough that they can burrow deep in it.
I've only had 3 or 4 lay outside of the boxes in the last 3 or 4 years since I started using bigger boxes with darker sides (taped). I'll often have one crap in their box but I always go ahead and put a nest box in with them the day they shed or just before so they can go ahead and get used to it.
The spagnum mosss is definatly not cheap but I get it in 2 cubic foot bails from a garden and nursery center for a lot cheaper than buying the small bags like you can get at Lowes.
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Randy Whittington

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