Substrate

[EasternGirl]

I am covering the cool end. I bought some ecoearth and some reptibark to try today. I figured I'd put the ecoearth on the bottom and put a little reptibark on top. I'm going to try it in Cee Cee and Seeley's tanks first...I think I will stick with the carefresh in the baby's tank for now. If I put a paper towel under their food dish and watch them carefully, would it be okay to let them eat in their enclosures with the ecoearth and reptibark? If not I will move them...but they eat better if I don't move them out of their enclosures.

[ConcinusMan]

but they eat better if I don't move them out of their enclosures.

Of course they do, but why bother with a dish and/or paper towel? It's too difficult to keep them from dragging it backwards through the substrate, or worse, injuring themselves when they are fighting over the same piece of food? I make them reach for it, and keep it so small that they have it swallowed before they even get their heads back down to the substrate. At any given moment I only have ONE snake swallowing food at a time, and so, only one snake to keep an eye on. This method also creates some nice direct interaction time, which builds trust.