New substrate?

[gregmonsta]

LANZO Herp Cages - Kunststoffterrarien these guys do heat panels

[Stefan-A]

LANZO Herp Cages - Kunststoffterrarien these guys do heat panels

Bookmarked.

[gregmonsta]

On another note their enclosures look really good ... I've been on a bit of a comparison spree now that I'm planning for what will happen in the snakeroom .... ahem .... spare bedroom in the future. I really like the look of these too -

HP TERRA - Fabrication et vente de terrariums et racks d'élevage



English summary bottom of this page -

HP Terra range of vivariums, terrariums

After seeing your old thread again I thought twice about MS reptilien.

[Stefan-A]

After seeing your old thread again I thought twice about MS reptilien.

To be fair, once you've fixed everything that's wrong with them, they do what they're supposed to do.

But nothing can make them pretty.

[ConcinusMan]

Dang it. I finally find that site in English but every time I click a viv size to check them out, it goes back to whatever dang language that is.

Anyone know of sites in the US that sell these or something like them?

[kibakiba]

You can check online for horse stable substrate, I think that's what it's originally made for. I'm sure you can get that for pretty cheap, too.

[gregmonsta]

Dang it. I finally find that site in English but every time I click a viv size to check them out, it goes back to whatever dang language that is.

Anyone know of sites in the US that sell these or something like them?

It's just the same as the English summary on the French pages. Their full plastic mould vivs are just like visions/herpteks. I haven't seen the aluminium framed versions offered by any US company so far.
These are at quite a good price compared to the moulded products (which are usually prohibitive in cost to a budget like mine). I'm planning on saving up (mostly with any money garnered from breeding) and seeing what I can afford. I may go down the route of wooden vivs again but the properties of the plastic alternatives appeal to me.

[Mix]

Just to update on my own findings: I tried and tested the Megazorb (horse stable substrate), but wasn't really impressed.
It started out fine, but when I cleaned out there was quite a lot of dust at the bottom, despite being 'dust extracted'. It also got really easily stuck to food. So a nearly-full bag is being donated to my friend's horse.
After going back to coco humus, I started to worry that it also gets reeeally easily stuck to food, and picking the bits off isn't really an option. I like that it can be misted, but its absorption made me worry about it getting ingested.

I have come to a compromise: using 'herbi bed' pellets (compressed grass pellets, which seem similar to the cannabis pellets I have seen) on 2/3 of the floorspace, from the hot end across; then a sheet of slate at the cool, wet end, so as to avoid mushy or crumbled pellets. I have moss in front of the pool, which I mist, and the pool and cool hide sit nicely on top.
I have only been using this setup since getting the atratus, so it's only been three days so far, but I already prefer it. Plus it's so much easier to get the water pool out without getting tons of moss and coco dirt stuck to it.
I think this would also work well with reptibark instead of herbi bed.

[Mix]

Herbi bed started to mould - a very fine, pale white coating. Changed it immediately for carefresh.
Found carefresh for sale at 2.99GBP, whereas it normally costs around 5GBP. (sorry, the pound sign isn't working). This was in a store called The Range.

[PINJOHN]

have been looking at a new substrate [to me] for the tortoises called hemp bedding, the blurb suggests its great for snakes does any body have any experience with this stuff, i apologize if this stuff has already been dealt with,as i just didn't have the time to go through the whole thread