Eco earth or Kritter's Crumble?

[CosmicOwl]

Originally Posted by ilovemysnake

i just got the eco earth today, they love it. only thing i did different was i only used half the water they recommended and it came out perfect. i didnt want it to be too wet.

I used as little water as possible, and then laid it out on sheet pans to dry. It was still holding too much moisture inside of a plastic tub. He also seemed to dislike the feeling of it and was staying elevated more than usual. The shredded paper seems to work though.

[poison123]

Was this eco earth from a brick or was it in a bag already to go?

I use bricks because they are cheap ($6 for 3). After I soak it in hot water I get hand fulls and squeeze out the water by hand then place it in the enclosure. If you're still not a fan of how moist it is after that then you can just set the bucket of dirt outside in the sun to dry up.

[CosmicOwl]

Originally Posted by poison123

Was this eco earth from a brick or was it in a bag already to go?

I use bricks because they are cheap ($6 for 3). After I soak it in hot water I get hand fulls and squeeze out the water by hand then place it in the enclosure. If you're still not a fan of how moist it is after that then you can just set the bucket of dirt outside in the sun to dry up.

It was the compressed brick. Maybe it would works better in a screen top cage, but it was creating too much humidity in a tub.

[CosmicOwl]

I did make one small oversight by using the shredded news paper... it may be difficult to find a small gray and brown snake in an inch and a half of shredded grey and black paper. He does seem to enjoy burrowing in though.

[ilovemysnake]

Originally Posted by CosmicOwl

I used as little water as possible, and then laid it out on sheet pans to dry. It was still holding too much moisture inside of a plastic tub. He also seemed to dislike the feeling of it and was staying elevated more than usual. The shredded paper seems to work though.

off topic, but you have rat snakes.. Do yours constrict prey?

[poison123]

Originally Posted by ilovemysnake

off topic, but you have rat snakes.. Do yours constrict prey?

Rat snakes are constrictors. But when feeding on pinkies they don't see a reason to constrict something that is harmless.

[drumcrush]

Originally Posted by poison123

Rat snakes are constrictors. But when feeding on pinkies they don't see a reason to constrict something that is harmless.

^^^ yep,my king when she was a baby and my brothers baby corn took pinkies and swollowed them alive, didn't even constrict. as the prey got bigger, they started constricting more.

[poison123]

Some snakes will never constrict when feeding on F/T my cornsnake (aka red ratsnake) will only constrict live.

[CosmicOwl]

Originally Posted by ilovemysnake

off topic, but you have rat snakes.. Do yours constrict prey?

Nope. He just eats the pinkies. My corn snake does the same with his adult mice unless he's been off food for like 10 days or more. Then he will strike them hard, wrap them up and "kill" them. Though when he was fed live mice he had to constrict them out of necessity.

[ilovemysnake]

Originally Posted by CosmicOwl

Nope. He just eats the pinkies. My corn snake does the same with his adult mice unless he's been off food for like 10 days or more. Then he will strike them hard, wrap them up and "kill" them. Though when he was fed live mice he had to constrict them out of necessity.

Awe I thought it would be pretty cool to watch.

[LiL Zap]

I've never had any problems with aspen. I use the Zoo Med brand. I love it so much.