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reptibark

For a snake that young, paper towels really are the best. However, I had my ~yearling corn on reptibark, and he seemed to like it. Just remember, don't feed a snake inside a tank with reptibark in it, because they'll end up eating some of it. I personally put the mouse in a paper bag inside the tank, and that solved that problem.
 
the breeder i got my corn from (when my corn was a hatchling) used pine shavings, which i would consider a bad idea because there was tons of dust all over the place and stuff. since i got the corn, when it 1-3ish weeks old, ive been using repti-bark in its 40gal as substrate. im pretty sure reptibark is okay for any snake size or age, as long as you feed the snake out of its viv...as flygning already said. good luck with your snake!
 
I would recommend against pine shavings.

Personally I use paper towel until they are at least yearlings
 
i use wood shavings for my 1+1/2 year old, i always have, since i bought him. but he was a few months old wen i had him, about 1+1/2 foot. so i dont know exactly how old he is, ive just had him for 1+1/2 years. he also swallowed (sp?) on of them, i cud see it in his throat as he was pushing the mouse down, but he suvived with no effects wot so ever, just like in the wild, they swallow everything with their meal.
 
stuart said:
he also swallowed (sp?) on of them, i cud see it in his throat as he was pushing the mouse down, but he suvived with no effects wot so ever, just like in the wild, they swallow everything with their meal.
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Just because your snake didn't die doesn't mean it is harmless. Allowing a snake to swallow substrate is simply a game of chance. The downside is that when the odds finally catch up, the snake will be dead. :(

Isn't sound judgement, IMO...
 
aye i know all about that m8, im not promoting to people let your snake eat substrate, but letting people know if their snake ever does swallow one its not gonna just turn on its back and die instantly. u know. it made me worry a LOT and im sure it will do the same for other people, so i wrote it as a sort of, comferter (sp). i apreciate the reply m8, but ima not that stupid :cool: :eek1: :cheers:

(sp)/(sp?) = Spelling mistake
 
if ur gonna go with wood shavings or bark i'd go with aspen or cypress mulch, definately not pine. It has too many oils still in the wood and could possibly hurt the snake
 
but letting people know if their snake ever does swallow one its not gonna just turn on its back and die instantly
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actually, depending on how large and how sharp the foreign material ingested is, if it punctured some vital organ the snake could die very quickly
 
so in the wild the snakes wash their food in afresh spring before eating it yeh ? just checking.
 
No they don't, as you and I are well aware, so the sarcasm was uncalled for.

However, in the wild snakes do die on a regular basis of a whole manner of things other than old age, which is something that concerned keepers strive to avoid in a captive situation.
 
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