Marnie's Snakes

[Light of Dae]

I personally didn't like aspen when I used it... Even with the bigger shavings. Neither Daffy or George had had a problem shedding before I put aspen in. I think I liked the coco husk best. I bought bricks of it and just broke it apart dry. You can mist it down and it dries out nicely, It doesn't mold, It lasts long, Pretty easy to spot clean. You could 'wash' it too... Pot of hot water, mixed around, then rinsed n set out to dry off. I washed mine a time or two and never got to the second brick I bought. I just put paper towels in while it dries.

Awesome to here you had a productive day! I'm SO jealous you are getting some famous Ranch Radixes!

[EasternGirl]

I'm pretty excited!!! Where do you get the coco husk? I got some ecoearth stuff before...that I thought was coco husk...but it was like soil but drier and very dusty...I don't think it is what you are talking about.

This morning I discovered that the cutest thing in the world has to be a baby scrub yawning!

[kueluck]

Yawing babies and no pictures?

[ConcinusMan]

Easier said than done. Steve has some great yawning pictures.

[Light of Dae]

This is what mine looked like ^^^


Came in a packaged brick like this ^^^


^^^ I've seen it like this too in loose bags..


Just look for the stuff that looks like bigger pieces like the first picture.
I use EcoEarth for my salamanders, scorpion n tarantula, but wouldn't use it with my snakes unless it was just a layer in a live viv.

[EasternGirl]

Right...I layered it with the reptibark...but it still was a complete mess! Now that I see that package you posted...I know that I have seen the bigger pieces at the pet store. I'm going to try it...thanks!

Yes...if I could catch those babies yawning with my camera..I would post a pic...but I never know when they are going to do it so it's kind of hard to catch it on camera. I've only seen it twice myself!

Hermes shed his first almost perfect shed last night. If you guys remember, he was having a lot of problems with his sheds coming off in pieces. I wasn't even sure he was going to shed...I thought he was maybe acting like he was going to...but it's so hard to tell with him. Then Julian came and told me there was a shed in the tank. Possum shed a week ago..so...I looked at the shed and it was almost perfect...just a little missing from the tail. I took Hermes out and managed to get what was left off of his tail with my fingernail...he of course did not like this and musked all over me! I noticed he has a little tiny bit of tail rot on the very tip of his tail...probably from a past shed. I don't think there is much I can do about it now...I should have caught it earlier, but I didn't. It's only the tiniest little spot though. Not much to do with that huh?

[ConcinusMan]

There's another coconut product that is made from the husk but it's finely ground. It is pretty safe even if your snakes swallow it. I like to use it in combination with reptibark. Eco Earth® Coconut Fiber Substrate

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...that is the stuff that I was using in combo with the reptibark too. I was looking more for something that I could use instead of the reptibark or aspen...alone as a substrate. The reptibark and aspen bother me with all of the wood splinters. Carefresh bothers Cee Cee with her breathing issues.

On the note of Cee Cee. I am really concerned with how skinny she looks after all of this. I think she is finally done with delivering stillborns...ending at a total count of 40. She is so skinny now...I actually see skin folds. She still won't eat. I got some farm-raised steel-head trout that I am going to cut up to freeze today. I have to feed the babies...I will try to feed Cee Cee some...but she still doesn't show any interest in food.

[ConcinusMan]

Hmmm... the aspen I get from walmart has no splinters. It's shavings, not shredded. And it's cheap. Like $2.50 a bag and it goes a long way. The folds you see are from stretching of the skin. If you can get her to eat, the folds should be gone in a week or two.

[EasternGirl]

I saw the aspen shavings and considered that. Maybe I will give that a try. Thanks. I might try the coco husk too. I'm going to keep trying to get her to eat!