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Lumin the retic
10-13-11, 02:16 AM
hello, im having change of beeding ive swap from aspen to paper towels but im not happy how it looks and my friend keeps all his snakes on bark it looks really natural and cool with lots of leaves and branches. Would anyone recommend bark for these 2 snakes ?
SSSSnakes
10-13-11, 05:23 AM
I keep all my Burms and Retics on Aspen and I have no problems with it.
Jenn_06
10-13-11, 05:32 AM
what kind of bark are you talking about, i use to keep all my snakes on Aspen but now its packing paper but im going back to aspen soon because retics just pee too much for paper lol.
Lankyrob
10-13-11, 10:20 AM
I use repti bark for all my reptiles, not got anyhting as big as a burm or retic tho, i find it holds humidity where required, is easy to clean, easy to replace etc
Lumin the retic
10-13-11, 02:05 PM
yep i just brought some of that earlier and cleaned and set the retic tank up and very happy now with how it looks!
thanks
alessia55
10-13-11, 02:09 PM
Both my ball pythons are on a mix of aspen and reptibark which they love.
youngster
10-13-11, 02:13 PM
Both my ball pythons are on a mix of aspen and reptibark which they love.

Never seen that before. Seems like it would look weird! :P But to each his own
alessia55
10-13-11, 05:56 PM
Never seen that before. Seems like it would look weird! :P But to each his own

lol well both of mine occasionally like to burrow, so aspen was great for that. and the reptibark helps with keeping the humidity up in the enclosure better than aspen. when I mix them, we all win! :D
RegenerationRep
10-15-11, 08:52 PM
I use straight aspen or reptibark/aspen mix for all of my snakes except for my amazon tree boa. It works great for most snakes that don't need high humidity.
nesler
10-17-11, 12:27 PM
Has anyone tried coconut husks?
Corey Woods
12-08-11, 10:20 PM
Has anyone tried coconut husks?

I would think coconut husk would be ideal for either.

Corey
stephanbakir
12-08-11, 10:51 PM
Longterm, you want to use aspen or paper. I prefer paper though.

Coconut husk holds humidity well, but its overall ability to soak up a gallon of pee is less then ideal. Paper is convenient when you have a ton of animals, and aspen is better overall then paper but more expensive.