new enclosure

[el lobo]

haha...I didn't mean for you to FIND coconut husk...Most pet stores that carry reptiles will have it!

otherwise, you could always order it...here's just one of many sites...

Coconut Husk Brick | Specialized Bedding | Reptile Bedding | Reptile - ThatPetPlace.com

shipping won't cost much if you FedEx ground it either...

[anji1971]

If you choose any substrate other than reptile carpet or slate, that has little bits to it, be careful when feeding. I lost my first garter to what I'm sure was an impaction due to swallowing a piece of repti-bark that got stuck to the worm. Now I always put my snakes in a separate feeding bin to eat, then return them home when they're done.

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Kevin

[gregmonsta]

I use repticarpet .... no problems at all ... I changed to this after I had a little snakey swallow a piece of Aspen bedding.

[infernalis]

I recommend coconut husk...it doesn't seem like many people here use it, but it is odourless, absorbs odours, looks great, and only costs about 8 dollars for four bricks! You just put a brick in a pail of water, and it expands. then you can ring it out, and spread it in your viv.

For me this is a love hate relationship. I found a vendor where I can get a 3 brick pack for around $5, it's compressed, so it ships easy, its attractive, etc..

But I have had 3 neonate snakes ingest and choke on it. I still use it, but with adults and as a ground surface in the arboreal enclosure.

For neonates (babies) I prefer cage carpet, the adults are easy to feed in a tote, but a tank full of squirmy little babies, that's another thing entirely.

Feeding on the grassy end is no guarantee of safety, many of my garters will grab up a food item, and for lack of better words, "prance all around" with a fish or crawler hanging from their mouth.

[el lobo]

I haven't had neonates yet, but I will keep that in mind while housing them! All my adults do well with it. I don't have my gravid female on coconut husk though...she is on newspaper right now.