Hey everyone, I was hoping to get some opinions on the pros and cons of various bedding types for ball pythons. I am going to a reptile expo in three days and had planned to stock up on shredded aspen, which is what I have been using so far, but it occurred to me that there may be a better option out there and if so I should know before buying a bunch of something I might regret down the road. I have read quite a few substrate suggestions and they all seem to conflict at times. I know lots of people like eco-earth or coconut husk bedding, but I have also read that since it retains more humidity scale rot can be more of a risk. I don't really want to use paper towel, I guess just because it seems like a more natural type of texture would be more comfortable (this may just be me anthropomorphizing and he may not care at all). The enclosure is a 30 gallon tank and because of this I do sometimes struggle to keep humidity up. I have read on some sites that aspen is good for boosting humidity and on other sites I have read that it is very dry and terrible for keeping a high humidity. My humidity does drop as low as 50% at times so I have been misting twice a day to keep it at 60% or so, but I am concerned that next time he sheds it is going to be hard to get it as high as it needs to be. If there is a bedding I could start using that would keep humidity higher and more stable, without a risk of dampness causing rot and without the issue of bugs coming in with the bedding that would be awesome. So what would you recommend as an ideal substrate? Thanks a ton, just want to be as educated as possible before I buy a huge stock of anything.
Pros and cons of different substrates?
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