Hello from Ontario

[Light of Dae]

It's a natural pet bedding made from reclaimed pulp (a little bit crushed by hand) with some natural moss. I bought it in Walmart. They love it because they can hide underneath before molting, but it's not very good for humidity because it's very dry. Unfortunatly, cause moss, it doesn't absorb odor as I would like. At least, they don't eat many fibers. At this time, I'm trying coco substrate, but my female swallow it when they are eating, so I have to change another time

Lol Molting is the right idea, but its called Shedding in snakes. Molting is more for spiders n scorpions

As far as substrate goes I prefer Coco Husk, the bigger chunks you can get it loose in a bag or in bricks. Its great for keeping up humidity cause you can mist it or soak it n it drys out nice n doesn't mold. The thing is they can't really borrow in it...

Do you have a moist moss hide for them? A small tub with a hole in the lid filled with moist sphagnum moss is perfect for letting your snakes have the option of humid when needed. Will really help them shed. As well a larger water dish helps with humidity, if you have a screen top, cover most of it with a towel helps too.

very cute little easterns you got there!

[HazAnga]

I use and find that the forest bark or something similar works great (kind of like the bigger chunked coco husk light of dae's mentioned). It's big enough that it won't be easily accidentally ingested and small enough for them to still find it comfortable. And it allows you to be able to mist and not go gross.

[Invisible Snake]

Great pics, thanks for sharing. If you want you can enter 1 of the pics where the garters are eating in this months photo contest.

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/tham...o-contest.html

[Eloanne]

Thanks a lot for contest Invisible Snake, I participated in the contest
Light of Day, oups, I forgotten the good word for "shedding" ^^ I use coco in bricks, but it's too small. What is the brand of your substrate? I haven't moist moss hide for them, but I have a very big bowl of water. It give me 60% humidity all time. Is it good?