MightyNutteR
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do snakes like to burrow in a substrate, any kind of substrate? because thats what mine looks like its trying to do.
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Do snakes like to burrow?
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cocoasumatran
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It's possible it just likes to burrow... but you might like to check on the following:
1). Could it be hungry? If your snake is starving it will try frantically to get out of the cage so it can search for food.
2). Does it have adequate hiding places? It will feel exposed if it does not.
3). Are your temperatures ok? If you are using something like a heat mat under the cage and the snake is not warm enough, it will try to burrow down towards the heat source in order to get closer to it. I doubt this will be a problem though at this time of year...
Hope this helps
1). Could it be hungry? If your snake is starving it will try frantically to get out of the cage so it can search for food.
2). Does it have adequate hiding places? It will feel exposed if it does not.
3). Are your temperatures ok? If you are using something like a heat mat under the cage and the snake is not warm enough, it will try to burrow down towards the heat source in order to get closer to it. I doubt this will be a problem though at this time of year...
Hope this helps
Martyr_Machine
New member
Mine spends nearly all its time burried under the substrate. I just bought some coconut bark substrate and snake seems ecstatic. Its been digging tunnel all day. He wont even use his hide box.
sherry
snake girl
my snake likes to burrow, sometimes he thinks if he just sticks in his head then he cant be seen its cute. as for subsatrat i never new so since i new they liked to burrow i but enough in there to cover up the whole bodyand a little extra. like one of my snakes girth is a inch so i put like 2 inches of bark, all my snakes spend there time burrowed andnever in a cage unless just ate.
Azruial
Member
I put down about 1.5-2 inches. It depends partially on the substrate type and how you are heating the viv. Different substrates conduct different amounts of heat and that makes the substrate type and quantity fairly important. I think I would rather have too much than too little, because they can always burrow for heat. What type of substrate are you planning to use? I reccomend Bed-a-Beast or similar. It's a condensed block which you put in water and it works and looks great and it is very easy and totally odorless.
MightyNutteR
New member
"Bed-a-Beast" where exactly can i get that?
Burrowing Snakes
I live north of Daytona Beach. My house backs onto some woods and I see snakes regularly. I've had to relocate many snakes away from the house.
I found an Okeetee against the back of my house last year. When I released him in the woods behind my house he made it straight into the pine needle forest floor.
I remember reading a post here about not using pine bark or pine needles for a substrate in a viv. I can't remember why but it's their natural habitat around here. They flourish in it.
I had a five to six foot black rat snake in the garage, a four foot king snake on the front driveway, a coral snake inside the pool enclosure, a few pigmy rattlers by the pool and I've heard of but not seen large Diamondbacks.
I regulary find copper colored small (less than 12") snakes with triangular heads which remaim unidentified in the pool skimmer.
I'd bet they all burrow in the pine needles. It's several inches to over a foot deep in spots
Eric
I live north of Daytona Beach. My house backs onto some woods and I see snakes regularly. I've had to relocate many snakes away from the house.
I found an Okeetee against the back of my house last year. When I released him in the woods behind my house he made it straight into the pine needle forest floor.
I remember reading a post here about not using pine bark or pine needles for a substrate in a viv. I can't remember why but it's their natural habitat around here. They flourish in it.
I had a five to six foot black rat snake in the garage, a four foot king snake on the front driveway, a coral snake inside the pool enclosure, a few pigmy rattlers by the pool and I've heard of but not seen large Diamondbacks.
I regulary find copper colored small (less than 12") snakes with triangular heads which remaim unidentified in the pool skimmer.
I'd bet they all burrow in the pine needles. It's several inches to over a foot deep in spots
Eric
Jimmy Johnson
Old Timer
daytona
One of the problems with pine is the oils.
I know snakes live in and around pine forests and thrive....BUT..
they are in the open, fresh air circulating. Even in a pine forest a snake can and will go places where they will not be in constant contact with the pine needles. Underground, in branches, under debri, under rocks, on rocks, etc.
In the viv they are in constant contact with the pine shavings or bark.
Be it by crawling in, under and through or by breathing.
Although you may have "adequate" ventilation in a viv, it is in no way equal to the outdoors.
basically too concentrated in a viv.
Notice how many of the instances you listed yourself that are NOT in the pine needles.
my two cents only
One of the problems with pine is the oils.
I know snakes live in and around pine forests and thrive....BUT..
they are in the open, fresh air circulating. Even in a pine forest a snake can and will go places where they will not be in constant contact with the pine needles. Underground, in branches, under debri, under rocks, on rocks, etc.
In the viv they are in constant contact with the pine shavings or bark.
Be it by crawling in, under and through or by breathing.
Although you may have "adequate" ventilation in a viv, it is in no way equal to the outdoors.
basically too concentrated in a viv.
Notice how many of the instances you listed yourself that are NOT in the pine needles.
my two cents only
Spot's mama
thes
Both of my snakes will burrow and hide, they seem to like having about 2 inches of substrate. I know the new King I have is playing hide and seek with all the students, because it only comes out when it's quiet.
Jimmy Johnson
Old Timer
aspen
I personally prefer aspen.
The snakes love to burrow through it and the tunnels will kind of remain until disturbed.
repti-bark looks good in natural tanks but is a little harder to spot clean.
we all have our favorites.
some like coconut, some like aspen, some paper towels, repti-bark, care fresh and the list goes on....lol
I personally prefer aspen.
The snakes love to burrow through it and the tunnels will kind of remain until disturbed.
repti-bark looks good in natural tanks but is a little harder to spot clean.
we all have our favorites.
some like coconut, some like aspen, some paper towels, repti-bark, care fresh and the list goes on....lol
