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Stefan-A · 02-20-2007, 12:09 PM

Ordinary unfertilized garden peat. Safe to ingest and lets them burrow, pretty ok looking, tolerates a lot of moisture and is fairly mold resistant. And it's cheap, 3.40€ for a 65l bag. Any commercial substrate available costs 10 times as much. The drawback is that it's almost like sawdust when it dries out completely and is pretty much guaranteed to be ingested in small quantities, especially with fish and worms.

And I am looking for a better alternative, I was never completely happy with it. That it passes right through the snake is hard to outweigh, though. Never had any respiratory problems with it either.

02-20-2007, 12:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
Stefan-A Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southern Finland Posts: 6,372	Re: The Best Substrate Ordinary unfertilized garden peat. Safe to ingest and lets them burrow, pretty ok looking, tolerates a lot of moisture and is fairly mold resistant. And it's cheap, 3.40€ for a 65l bag. Any commercial substrate available costs 10 times as much. The drawback is that it's almost like sawdust when it dries out completely and is pretty much guaranteed to be ingested in small quantities, especially with fish and worms. And I am looking for a better alternative, I was never completely happy with it. That it passes right through the snake is hard to outweigh, though. Never had any respiratory problems with it either.