I had one idea that I hesitated to mention since I've never heard of it before and didn't want you guys to think I'm crazy. I'll go for it though-I thought about trying kitty litter for substrate. It's super cheap to get all natural kitty litter that's just small pellets of clay with no additives. It's made to clump to poop and I'm thinking it'd easily dissolve if ingested.

I know from experience making dart frog backgrounds that it will dissolve into mush if left in water for very long. Obviously it'd still be best to avoid ingestion as much as possible, but I think it'd break down into very fine particles that should be easily passed by a well hydrated snake. I haven't really thought of a downside yet and may give it a test run. Any thoughts?

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• Substrate of choice? - Kevin Saunders, Sun May 1 21:53:58 2011
• RE: Substrate of choice? - pinelandsghost, Sun May 1 22:31:18 2011
• RE: Substrate of choice? - markg, Mon May 2 17:36:01 2011
• RE: Substrate of choice? - pinelandsghost, Tue May 3 01:10:02 2011
• RE: Substrate of choice? - markg, Tue May 3 12:41:25 2011
• RE: Substrate of choice? - DMong, Tue May 3 12:53:03 2011
• Thanks for weighing in (more) - Kevin Saunders, Tue May 3 16:25:27 2011
• RE: Thanks for weighing in (more) - DMong, Tue May 3 21:22:21 2011
• RE: Thanks for weighing in (more) - Kevin Saunders, Tue May 3 23:08:23 2011
• RE: Thanks for weighing in (more) - DMong, Wed May 4 12:59:50 2011
• RE: Thanks for weighing in (more) - markg, Thu May 5 15:06:17 2011
• RE: Thanks for weighing in (more) - Kevin Saunders, Thu May 5 22:59:16 2011
• RE: Thanks for weighing in (more) - markg, Fri May 6 14:47:41 2011
• RE: Thanks for weighing in (more) - wildlines, Wed May 25 13:38:52 2011
• RE: Thanks for weighing in (more) - DannyBoy9, Wed May 4 20:59:06 2011
• RE: Substrate of choice? - BillMcgElaphe, Thu May 5 17:06:20 2011
• RE: Substrate of choice? - pinelandsghost, Fri May 6 02:23:57 2011
• RE: Substrate of choice? - randywhittington, Sat May 14 00:59:08 2011