Substrate

[infernalis]

I use aspen, repti brk, eco earth.. whatever is on sale.

[EasternGirl]

Oh I have definitely become that way about it...I sound like a carefresh commercial...maybe we should call the company and tell them that we will be their spokeswomen!

[Jeff B]

I used to use carefresh and I really liked it for the most part but it is very expensive and creates a ton of lint dust over time. I now use a product that is a compressed pellet that is comprised of hardwood and non-aromatic softwood (no pine, cedar, ect.) by-products of mills (aka saw dust, lol). It soaks up waste and water better and doesn't mold nearly as fast. A 40lb bag is only $5.00 at my local farm store called Thiesons. It says right on the bag that is is for small pets and REPTILES. I have been using it for about a year now and love the stuff. Plus the pellets are big enough and heavy enough and don't stick to food, so they don't get swallowed like little pieces of carefresh, which is of special concern for babies. I had lost a few babies occationally in the past to swallowing carefresh, but this year didn't have any troubles. It's called Marth Animal and Reptile Bedding. Marth is the manufacturer and they have a website.

[EasternGirl]

Can you give us the link to the website Jeff? Sounds like pretty good stuff...I wouldn't mind trying it.

[Jeff B]

Can you give us the link to the website Jeff? Sounds like pretty good stuff...I wouldn't mind trying it.

Ahhhh...ever heard of that new invention called Google? lol, sorry just teasing, allow me to spoon-feed you the link: Marth Wood Shavings - Wood Pellet Fuel, Wood Shavings, Animal Bedding, Wood Flour, Biomass Fuel, BBQ Pellets

[EasternGirl]

I actually did google it after I asked . But I wasn't able to find a place that sells it online. You use the pellets right? Because they listed three different types. They did have one place that I could call. I don't know if my snakes would like the pellets because they like bedding that they can burrow in and make tunnels...I was looking at the pick bedding...was wondering if it would be safe to use as opposed to the pellets.

[Jeff B]

I wouldn't recomend anything other than the pellets, because if snakes swallow anything sharp that can cause problems.

[Jack Wheeler]

All sounds good i just need to find somewhere that sells something appropriate

[Jack Wheeler]

Is there any other type of pellet substrate i could use which is avaliable in the UK

[chris-uk]

Carefresh is available over here, aspen, coconut husk, and reptile bark is as well. I think anything else you're looking at buying online unless you're lucky and have a good shop nearby. We just don't have a lot of woodmills in the UK with waste products to turn into profits.
The Americans are lucky that they can walk into Walmart and buy a lot of what they need for snakes, Sainsbury and Tesco just don't do that line of red wrigglers do they?