B.c.i Substrates

[killaclown]

What about reptie bark, it a little high but it brings humidity to the cage

[Linds]

Repti-bark and the like are made from fir trees... which are aromatics... refer to my previous post.

[Edwin]

I currently use aspen chips in my bci enclosure, when it was smaller, she was strictly on paper towels or newspaper. To avoid potential impaction, I offer food on a paper plate.

[TheSnakeKeeper]

I would use soil the pine shavings get cough in between the snakes scaled if it moved backwards and there hard to get out along with causing ur snake pain but thats just my opinion

[ksshane]

I was using aspen, and then I switched to newspaper. The only thing I really dont like about newspaper is that the ink comes off. Not sure if it can hurt my snakes or not, but Im going to try packing paper. You know the paper you get to pack glassware, and such in when you are getting ready to move. I can get it really cheap in bulk.

[vanderkm]

As I mentioned in another post earlier today, we use flannel bed sheets and bath towels in our boa enclosures. They are very absorbant for the large volume pee, easier than carpet to wash and dry and look ok. Didn't like shavings for all the reasons mentioned above, don't like the look of newspaper and the fact that it doesn't absorb the pee just sits on top of it, and the forest floor or coconut type bedding keeps humitidy up but is so absorbant when it is kept moist that it is hard to identify all the urine and remove it to keep the enclosure clean. We feed the boas in a separate enclosure without bedding, so no danger of them dragging an end of the cloth into their mouth.

mary v.

[dvs]

You can also use those big white rolls of paper buchers use.

[jncoclub]

I changed everyone from cage carpet to EccoEarth or Ecco Forrest- it's coconut fibers that hold great moisture and easy to pick poops out of.