BEDDING for my ball python?
what bedding should i use before i get my ball python???
i heard they may choke on sand.
can any one recommend or give a few good options i could use for bedding...
Cypress mulch has been the choice of top breeders for years, because it holds moisture very well, and it has less dust particles than aspen, or other types of shredded wood. Sani chips are also good, but if they get a big enough piece in their mouth while they are eating, it could cause harm.
I use cypress mulch, because I had bad experiences with aspen, and paper towels do not offer ME enough humidity. Good luck, and have fun with your new wonderful pet.
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before bedding any sort of python I usually buy it a drink
coconut fiber is good
The top rated substrates are
Aspen,cypress mulch,news/butchers paper and paper towel. They are all great substrates IMO but i do not use any of them on my ball python i use care fresh and it works great at holding humidity and can clean pretty good it makes and excellent substrate care fresh does not get dusty like most substrates,does not suck at holding humidity my humidity is always at a steady 60% and when i mist a good 70%, it does not mold and is environment friendly,the only reason a lot of people do not use care fresh because compared to other substrates care fresh is a bit expensive for a small bag it is $6 and a large is $21,with aspen it is like $4 for a big bag i believe and all paper substrates are basically free,and the cypress is pretty cheap but it is not available all year long.This is my experiences.
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The guys at rickysrepenclos give great advice as well so i suggest you give a look into there video on substartes!
Yes, they do choke on sand so I recommend, cypress mulch, aspen, or soft tissue, if you chose anything else try to get something that will hold tons of humidity. Not the best answer but I don't know much about ball pythons, but I know what to bed the habitats with.(:
Hope I helped love.
-Tara(:
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ball pythons can be housed on many different substrates, i would not recommend sand because it is abrasive on their bellies and they can swallow it and become impacted. i would recommend using some type of shredded wood, cypress, aspen, like that. but do not use cedar, the resin from it is poisonous to snakes, and i would recommend also feeding your snake in a seperate container from its main enclosure so it won't associate its main enclosure with food, and so that it won't really have a chance to ingest any of the substrate and become impacted. some other substrates you can use are newspaper, paper towels, shredded coconut shells, eco earth, and there are many others, but i would recommend using shredded aspen or shredded cypress.
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me and all the breeders i know use shreded aspen bedding for their ball pythons.
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I use aspen bedding, and it's great! Plus, it isn't very expensive. Astroturf is good, too.
The only three things I would ever use with my collection are: newspaper, paper towels, and aspen. I don't feed on aspen though. If you want to use aspen, you can just put down paper towels or newspaper to avoid any ingesting of the aspen. I'm kind of a freak about my collection! Although it's not very common for BP to become impacted from eating aspen, I still wouldn't take a chance. I don't feed on aspen because the only time I use aspen is when I have girls that are about to lay and they aren't eating anyhow. Newspaper is my very favorite because it's free and you can always get more (advertisers at the grocery store and gas station are always free).
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com As for why I won't use the others. Sand is really bad about becoming impacted and it's actually not even recommend for bearded dragons, or any reptile-most likely. Dirt is just nasty, it's full of bacteria and wood mites, possibly other bugs. Wood mites will not harm your reptiles, but it would still freak me out that there were bugs around my collection. Mulch/coconut fiber can also pose an impaction issue, and because it's thicker/harder it's much more risky than aspen. Mulch also harbors wood mites. Impaction can kill your BP if you were wondering what risk impaction was.
