Baking or freezing substrate

[jjhill001]

Originally Posted by jay's reptiles

which is the best method, i have been freezing the substrate, but i have know recently hearing that this method doesn't work.

So does it work or should i just bake my substrate for now on.

Doing this to kill off any potential mites. when buy new bedding.

If you don't trust your substrate supplier that much then you should get a different supplier. If the actual seller is amazon and not some random store then chances are it just sits in a warehouse for a few months. With no snakes there mites will die off.

Mites seem to come from two places that I've seen, reptile shows (usually not even the breeders there but random people come in with their animals and hold the show animals) or holding sick pet store animals.

[jay's reptiles]

Originally Posted by jjhill001

If you don't trust your substrate supplier that much then you should get a different supplier. If the actual seller is amazon and not some random store then chances are it just sits in a warehouse for a few months. With no snakes there mites will die off.

Mites seem to come from two places that I've seen, reptile shows (usually not even the breeders there but random people come in with their animals and hold the show animals) or holding sick pet store animals.

just random off of amazon.

[jjhill001]

Originally Posted by jay's reptiles

just random off of amazon.

I ask because amazon sometimes uses independent vendors for some of the specialty products. I would check into the independent vendor and if it seems reputable then you're probably find.