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Summary: Substrate, or bedding is important for your corn snake. Learn how to pick and use corn snake substrate in this free pet care video.
Cordell Jacques has worked in the pet industry for more than 10 years. He is also a reptile hobbyist in one form or another. Jacques keeps more than 20 various reptiles, frogs, fish...read more
"Next thing we're going to talk about is substrate or the bedding for your reptile enclosure. We reptile people like to call it substrate sounds a little bit more high fallutin. Different things you can check out are going to be things like a recycled newspaper bedding. Basically it's recycled newspaper. Sterilized and shredded up. It's a very soft bedding. It's grayish in color so it's not the prettiest thing but it holds together very nicely and helps create burrows for the reptile. Corn snakes do like that a lot. She'll spend a lot of time burrowing in that Carefresh. It's a little expensive though. Next thing you can try would be like the Douglas fir bark. Okay. This is going to be a large wood chip. It's going to help hold humidity a little bit better than say the recycled newspaper bedding. And it's going to look a little bit more natural for you. Thirdly you can take a look at a cocoa fiber. Basically this is a shredded coconut husk. Okay. It's going to be very dirt like but it'll hold humidity extremely well. It's going to help your reptile shed. It's also going to tend to be a little bit more on the inexpensive side. Generally you're going to find it in a brick form more than likely. Made by various companies. You're going to take that brick and you're going to soak it in warm water for about half an hour and it'll expand out. One brick will do a lot of tank. And you can generally get them for around $4 or $5 dollars so it's a very economical way to go and it's very good for your reptile."
eHow Article: Corn Snake Substrate
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petenpete said
on 5/7/2009 Although you gave some good tips, it might have been helpful for others if you listed more substrates. I say this for people who want to get more an idea of the variations out there. But I still liked the video, don't get me wrong. I mean, I use Douglas Fir bark for my corn snakes! Love the stuff. Zilla makes good bark, which is what I have been buying for them for a while now. I like how it creates just enough moisture and looks really natural. But then again, thats just me. I would recommend bark for corns, but I know people have their own preferences.