"isopods and springtails" in the enclosure

[RedSidedSPR]

I see. So it's not even possible to live with a garter snake

[kueluck]

Not unless you have a planted live viv, then you have to make sure you have areas that are dry so the snake can get out of the moist areas. Are you looking for just a easier way to keep a cage clean? If that's the case I love the sani-chips. When the snakes eliminate, it clumps like cat litter. I have a plastic container and a plastic spoon I use to clean the cage. But then I only have 2 enclosures to tend to and when I'm home I'm in them every couple hours talking to snakes, giving chin and neck scratches or just watching them.

[ConcinusMan]

I see. So it's not even possible to live with a garter snake

I've had them in my "naturalistic" viv a while back. I didn't have 100% humidity at all and it wasn't planted. I did however, use wild moss, which I completely dried first. I think they must have hatched out from that since in a few spots, I kept it damp. (after it was dried and appeared to be clean and bug-free) Or else it came from a small potted plant I put in there sometimes. The bugs seem to congregate around snake feces, presumably consuming it. However, there's no way they are going to keep up, even with just one small snake. You still need to do tank maintenance.

I didn't exactly like having the bugs in there but I tolerated it for a time because I knew they were harmless.

They were in this tank: