substrate for snakes

[markNcc]

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I"m posting this because i need to get out of my cresteds for a bit and am trading a couple for a pair of common ball's. I know all the above are ok for snakes, i'm just curious what yall use.

[firecrested]

newspaper is by far my favorite for just about all snakes and geckos and easiest to clean. 

And cedar chips are bad for snakes

[monster]

Aspen

my brother's milk snake choked on a bark chip, so i shy away from big wood peices.

[portal_reptiles]

Aspen

same....lp

[warnersister_2000]

aspen shavings or coco fiber chunks.  cedar is toxic to snakes.

[Liz]

i use newspaper but i dont liek it not really attractive. Bark is a good place for mites to breed, no good for the snake

[johnharper]

I use a combination of paper towels and disposeable cage liners and also aspen for my kingsnakes.


John Campbell

[cfriskney]

I've seen people use kind of a turf for substrate, I guess it's easy to clean and a step up in attractiveness from newspaper

[EmilyK]

Eco Earth - my dumerils likes to burrow. I kept my ball pythons on paper towels.

[Smaug]

Because I have trouble keeping ambient humidity in the room I currently keep my snakes in at an acceptable level, I use cypress mulch.  Once I finish my new room I'll be able to move to paper because it is cleaner.  With cypress, I haven't had one bad shed.  However, it isn't very environmentally friendly, hence the switch to paper.

[marigold]

i know i am late on this...  i have two corn snakes, and i am a newbie with snakes.  i have been using aspen bedding.  hope this is ok.  my snakes like to tunnel into the aspen.  i always put enough in there so they can.  they shed fine, and i don't know of any reason why to *not* use it, so please tell me if i should be doing something different.
thanks!   

[justanotherfroginthepond]

Sand for the sand boas/hognose, and generally cypress or Jungle Mix for anything needing some humidity (boas, balls), and I like beta/sani chips for corns and kings.   

Of course, none of the above if you feed in-tank.  An accidental mouthful of ANYTHING can be bad! 

Cedar is EVIL for anything but a flea repellent in a dog bed. 

I don't like turf for snakes since most have undertank heaters, and there is no "buffer" if they bury. 

[Cody]

I use aspen for the hognoses and milksnakes , newspaper for the 5 ball pythons and the nicaraguan boas, sand for the 4 sand boas

[Travis590]

Another option out there is zoomeds repti cage carpet. I like the stuff alot it is fairly cheap, obviously not as cheap as newspaper though.

[bad-one]

Shredded Aspen (clings to poop and makes cleanup easy).