Irish Moss?

[EasternGirl]

You know my snakes won't have anything to do with any kind of moss...which is odd considering they are WC and there is all kinds of moss outside here. If I put it in their viv...they won't go near it.

[MasSalvaje]

Steve I would spot clean and rinse for quick spot checks and I would also utilize a drainage layer with a plug on the bottom of the tank so I could routinly "wash" the substrate. It is something I have had succes with in my terrariums that house my Melanophryniscus stelzneri, the washing that is not the moss. It allows me to rinse often without building up the moisture levels too much. My only concern with that would be the stripping the small amount of soil I would use of what it needs to sustain that much moss.

You know my snakes won't have anything to do with any kind of moss...which is odd considering they are WC and there is all kinds of moss outside here. If I put it in their viv...they won't go near it.

I guess that would be the ultimate deciding factor, but if they don't like it I am sure I something that would. I just don't know if it is a good choice or not. Something I did find out about moss is that a lot of the types from colder regions need a dormant cooling period to do well, a lot like garters I guess.

-Thomas