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    can i keep a common garter snake on plantion soil

    Ok so i have a 15q tub that im gonna be putting a common garter in and i wanted to know if i could use plantion soil

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    Re: can i keep a common garter snake on plantion soil

    I would think it would be okay. That's what I'll be switching my guy over to once we move and get him a proper tank. I would be wary of feeding on it though as he could ingest some.
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    Re: can i keep a common garter snake on plantion soil

    im gonna be feeding in a different tank how big do they have to be to eat a pinky

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    Re: can i keep a common garter snake on plantion soil

    Quote Originally Posted by eddospeeples View Post
    im gonna be feeding in a different tank
    how big do they have to be to eat a pinky

    It all depends on what size pinkies you have. I use a lot of extra small(1-2 day old pinkies.) This means I can get some of my babies(3-6 months old) to start on pinkies sooner. I never feed anything that is more that 1/3 bigger than their head width.
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    Re: can i keep a common garter snake on plantion soil

    Potting soil? I guess you could, but I wouldn't... It comes moist and will probably harbor a lot of bacteria. It's also going to come with unknown bugs and such living in it. Then once it dries, it will be extremely dusty, which is VERY bad for the respiratory tract of your snake. But you would need to let it dry because your snake can't be in moist dirt all the time. That will give him scale rot. Many potting soils also are made with chemicals and such in them, and even if they say they are not... you just don't know what's really in it, because it's such cheap stuff... and for putting plants in. I would recommend against it.... potting soil is for plants. Get some aspen shavings, (no pine or cedar!) repti-bark, coconut fiber (this is very similar in looks to potting soil but it's clean) newspaper, newspaper pellets, wood pellets, carefresh, cage-carpet... anything but sand... cat litter... (or potting soil!)
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    Re: can i keep a common garter snake on plantion soil

    Quote Originally Posted by aSnakeLovinBabe View Post
    Potting soil? I guess you could, but I wouldn't... It comes moist and will probably harbor a lot of bacteria. It's also going to come with unknown bugs and such living in it. Then once it dries, it will be extremely dusty, which is VERY bad for the respiratory tract of your snake. But you would need to let it dry because your snake can't be in moist dirt all the time. That will give him scale rot. Many potting soils also are made with chemicals and such in them, and even if they say they are not... you just don't know what's really in it, because it's such cheap stuff... and for putting plants in. I would recommend against it.... potting soil is for plants. Get some aspen shavings, (no pine or cedar!) repti-bark, coconut fiber (this is very similar in looks to potting soil but it's clean) newspaper, newspaper pellets, wood pellets, carefresh, cage-carpet... anything but sand... cat litter... (or potting soil!)
    I agree fully, Bagged dirt is not an ideal substrate.

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    Re: can i keep a common garter snake on plantion soil

    Ah, I thought plantation soil was the same as cocofibre. That's what I have for my geckos and was going to switch my snake over to.
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    Re: can i keep a common garter snake on plantion soil

    Quote Originally Posted by Holly View Post
    Ah, I thought plantation soil was the same as cocofibre. That's what I have for my geckos and was going to switch my snake over to.
    Coconut fibre is the husk of a coconut all ground up... it's not made of anything "soily"... therefore making it a great and clean alternative!
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    Re: can i keep a common garter snake on plantion soil

    It is the same thing, it's just an unfortunate name Exo-Terra branded the stuff with. At least the stuff we get out here is, if you look at bag it should say it contains coconut husk.
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    Re: can i keep a common garter snake on plantion soil

    the potting soil we get here is not coconut husk, and doesn't say that it contains it either. I can also see other things in it, of unknown origin. So I will continue to stick with an alternative I know is safe here.
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