Hey everyone...

Well... after going through the care sheet, I had an idea... *sigh* I THINK it's fine but I want to run it by everyone. I decided to try shredded paper as I happen to create that stuff all the time.

What happens to snakes when they ingest paper? I want to think it should be ok as a lot of the "official" substrate is paper based... but mine, of course, coming out of a shredded has toner or printing press ink on it.

Anyway... I totally redid his home tonight and removed all the dirt and sticks and anything that could have had any parasites it in.

Please chime in on thoughts on the substrate though... I won't sleep well until I think he's safe.

This dude CHOWS down. In the past week he's eaten 13-14 minnows this week. In fact... After I completely redid his tank I put the last 5 minnows I had in the water bowl thinking he was going to want time to adjust to COMPLETELY new surroundings. Nope. Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam... all fishies GONE.

Thanks for the advice everyone!


Peter