New with a few questions

[PhillyDude]

No problem.

[guidofatherof5]

I realize you probably get tired of this joke, but someone had to post it.

No problem.

This is already out of hand.

[mikem]

I'm not even going to tell you how long it took me to understand this

[Light of Dae]

Chris...I thought the same about pine...but all of the reptibarks are made with pine as it turns out. I know a lot of members use reptibark...so I think it must be okay to use, right?

You are right about it being used to create ReptiBark but just pine shavings are bad. Next time your in a pet store smell pine shavings versus ReptiBark. Pine smells good... Snakes don't think so though. It can cause respiratory issues . When pine is used to make ReptiBark it get severely processed n washed n bleached n colored n compressed. All the manufacturing it goes through eliminates the smell completely. This is why pine and cedar shavings are never advertised as reptile bedding but aspen is.

[EasternGirl]

Cool...thanks, Dae. I kept sticking my head in Cee Cee's tank trying to see if I could smell anything from the bark. I didn't notice anything...and like I said, she doesn't seem to be having any breathing issues with it...and she has respiratory issues, as you know. Thanks for the info.

[PhillyDude]

here are a couple pictures of Bob the Snake...100_0701.jpg100_0703.jpg

[Invisible Snake]

Thanks for the pics, he looks great

[EasternGirl]

Wow...he looks so much like my Cee Cee. Beautiful snake! If I can make a suggestion, when you feed Bob, put paper towels down over the substrate and then put his food dish down on the paper towels. Try to cover as much of the substrate as you can. That way if he drags the food off of his dish, he won't get substrate on the food and ingest it. Ingesting substrate can cause serious problems for a garter...it can cause stomach obstructions which can be fatal.

[katach]

Bob is a great looking snake!

[nitrogen15]

That's a dapper garter. Do you mean you don't want to handle him ever? You're probably trying to respect his space by not handling him, but a tame garter is a lot easier to care for or take to the vet if there are problems.