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 Dumerils substrate?

Just wondering what to use for substrate, I’ve read aspen but it says the tank should be humid so Im tempted to use reptibark and keep it damp like I do for my BRB but have just a screen top so it doesnt keep it as humid as my brbs tank. So should I keep it wet or should I have dry aspen shavings?



10/25/09  02:50pm

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  Message To: Mschip   In reference to Message Id: 2088495


 Dumerils substrate?

Your cage should be humid but never wet or soggy. I would not use aspen. I use newspaper for ALL of my snakes and they do just fine. You need to cover your screen top though if you want to keep your humidity in.



10/25/09  03:58pm

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  Message To: Sra   In reference to Message Id: 2088524


 Dumerils substrate?

I use newspaper as substrate, a large water bath coupled with correct temperatures keeps the humidity correct. The correct Humidity reading should be around 60-65%. Try not to go over 70%.



12/02/09  03:07am


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