Poll For Substrate!!!!!

[reptile_addict]

I know this has been done a whole lot but will one more time hurt us all?
Here are the options:

 

[Jason B.]

newspaper is free and does as good a job as anything.

 

[KRIZ]

Aspen is relatively cheap, andin my opinion looks the best. 1 vote for aspen :laugh:

 

[oldhand]

Aspen is cheap and easy to clean, i don't think i would use anything else :grin01:

 

[princess]

I need to tick the box for 'other' cos I use beech chips. Very pretty effect, allows the snakes to burrow a bit and clumps pretty well to catch poops.

 

[Acradon]

I use wood chips too. Newspaper is hygenic but looks aweful and doesn't allow the snake to burrow.

Acradon

 

[starwarsdad]

Another vote for aspen.

 

[MADMAN]

i use cypress it smells good and holds moisture nicely and is relativly cheap

 

[Skye]

aspen for adults/juveniles

paper towel for quarantine and hatchlings

 

[reptile_addict]

I knew aspen would win.

 

[rippit]

Aspen got more votes than Southern Cal in the final AP poll.

 

[dionythicus]

We've been using Lizard Litter, but have discovered Jungle Mix and will be changing over to it. Here's some info...

Jungle Mix provides a natural living environment for terrarium animals and plants. It is a unique blend of sterilized virgin organic soil, fine grain sand, vermiculite, peat moss, orchid bark and green tree moss. Jungle Mix is organic, natural and perfect for burrowing reptiles and plants. It promotes breeding, nesting and egg incubation.

It smells like the outdoors and it looks so natural. It maintains moisture very well, especially under the top inch or so, without being damp.

 

[howiet4702]

another vote for aspen

 

[Maize]

Aspen Substrate

Does anyone know of a good online source for Aspen?

 

[Uncloudy]

I have been using Coconut bark substrate for years, not the T-Rex kind but some from Creature Travelers that produces different shredded sizes and it has a much softer texture than the T-Rex. For my smaller snakes I use the shredded coconut bark and for the larger snakes the chips. Easy to spot clean and looks great.
Uncloudy

 

[Flygning]

I use ForestBed because I think it looks much better than any other substrate. Plus it holds moisture well and the snakes seem to like the feel of it better than anything else I've tried. And, while I don't know if this is necessarily true, I feel it would be better for a hatchling or juvenile to ingest a tiny bit of coconut fiber instead of a huge chunk of wood.

 

[jazzgeek]

YAVA (Yet Another Vote for Aspen).

But, during the dry cold winter months here in 'sconsin, I'll add fir bark (Nature Bark or Repti-Bark) so that it's about 10-20% of the total substrate; it holds moisture better than aspen shavings, so when I mist the viv when the snake is in blue, I'm guaranteed a decent shed.

regards,
jazz

 

[h0mersimps0n]

Yuck, I started off with Aspen then on a fluke tried reptibark- yeah sooooo much nicer than Aspen. I found that Aspen was extremely messy to deal with and anything that came out of the tank would bring tiny shards of that crap with it.

The Zoo Meds Repti-bark while a little more expensive is a lot less messy, more easy to "scoup", smells really nice and looks very natural. I use it in all 6 of my tanks (4- 20gal longs, 1- 10 gal and 1- 70 gal)

EDIT: also it holds moisture when sprayed down 1,000,000x's better than aspen...

 

[RajilNasa]

Ya I've kind of gone away from aspen too, repti bark does look nicer and dont have to worry about the mess it can make outside the viv either. But having a mixture of both is pretty nice too, to help combat some of the dryness here

 

[mourne]

i use mais. i think it loks the best and is very easily cleaned.