Sand Color

I have a normal corn snake and i have white sand, It's time for new sand and i was wondering if any of you knows what sand would bring out the color in my snake better, just let me know what you think

Sand really isn't recommended for corn snakes. Ideally, you should switch over to aspen bedding. Sand can cause impaction and can dry the snake out too much, which causes shedding problems. Aspen bedding is preferred because pine and cedar release oils that can make the snake sick or even kill it. Cedar really shouldn't be used for anything except furniture. Some people use Eco Earth, which is coconut husks and is very nice to look at. It's relatively cheap, but the cheapest is aspen. You can get shredded aspen at feed stores for a few dollars. Pet stores are usually really expensive and you don't get as much for your money.

Sand isn't a very good substrate. It tends to be very dusty and dries out the air in the terrarium. Try using newspaper or aspen bedding. These tend to be cheaper and do not dry out the air as much. If you use a good brand of aspen, it also isn't so dusty. Even coconut husk shred or bark should be ok as long as you shake out the dust and keep it lightly misted (I think it brings out the color of lighter colored corns too). Dust and dry air can lead to respiratory infections. I know you want the snakes enclosure to look nice, but it can still look nice with proper substrate as well as be healthier for the snake.
PS-Pine and Ceder def are not good substrates due to toxic oils and are bad for the snakes respiratory system.
I am sure some of the other good ppl on the forum can suggest other types of better substrate that looks nice as well is safe for corn snakes.

Originally Posted by pridecity

Sand really isn't recommended for corn snakes. Ideally, you should switch over to aspen bedding. Sand can cause impaction and can dry the snake out too much, which causes shedding problems. Aspen bedding is preferred because pine and cedar release oils that can make the snake sick or even kill it. Cedar really shouldn't be used for anything except furniture. Some people use Eco Earth, which is coconut husks and is very nice to look at. It's relatively cheap, but the cheapest is aspen. You can get shredded aspen at feed stores for a few dollars. Pet stores are usually really expensive and you don't get as much for your money.

Haha you beat me to it!

hmmmm, he's never had problems with shedding and he seems to like the sand (he can hide good in it) and it disperses heat good from the heat pad... I'm gonna take your advice but i am kinda bummin cause it's easy to clean the "droppings" out of the cage (works like kitty littler) plus it just looks good

But i don't wanna hurt the lil guy so i'm gonna take your advice

The coconut stuff or aspen sounds good to me

To answer your question -- BLUE.

If you can find it.

Love the Fatman

P.S. The advice above mine is good advice.

also I dont if this was said but it can get between the scales and case a infection from it rubbing.

Just because I haven't had problems, doesn't mean I won't... So I'm not going to use sand and thanks fatman, I heard about the blue thing so does anyone know of any blue stuff that I could use that won't hurt him and won't look "cheesy" if you know what I mean... I don't wanna use blue paper as an example, I want it to look nice and thank you for your help so far

what about a good sized blue gravel.. I have seen aquarium gravel that was colored and about the size of a "skittle" ...

Gravel has the same problems as sand in terms of smaller fragments potentially getting caught under scales and causing infection. Best stick to wood-type substrates.