WHICH IS THE BEST SUBSTRATE FOR A BALL PYTHON?

Question

WHICH IS THE BEST SUBSTRATE FOR A BALL PYTHON?

Answer 1

carpet or aspen shavings

Answer 2

i use peat moss

Answer 3

Aspen, (the wite stuff), wood chips, coconut fibre, etc

Answer 4

cypress    

Answer 5

well i av 2 ball python's an 3 cornsnakes an they av in there tank's aspen that is the best thing wot i av been told 2 use and it's gd stuff.hope that answer's ya ?

Answer 6

Cypress, coconut, or aspen. Never carpeting because ball pythons like to burrow occasionally, especially if they are feeling a bit insecure. Even with hides, I have found my snakes burrowed either under their water dishes,  under the substrate under hides, or other objects in their cages, during thunderstorms, or after I have few people over, and there was excessive noise.

Answer 7

ASTRO TURF

Answer 8

Personally I use Orchid bark, as this holds a decent level of humidity for them.  Many of the other substrates available such as beech chips or aspen take humidity out of the air and you may have problems when your royal starts to shed.