Sand Boa Substrate

Video Transcript

"Okay so we've got our cage, we've got our heating, we've got our thermometer set up. What do we put in the cage? So the next thing we're going to talk about is sub straight. Which is what we fancy reptile people call bedding. Now there's a couple different things you can do with sub straight. We're going to talk about what I recommend and what's out there. First thing there's the calci-sand, okay, you can buy it at any pet store. And that's a calcium carbonate of sub straight. It's a calcium carbonate that's been ground up into sand like material. There's the recycled newspaper beddings like Carefresh and there are other brands out there as well. That also a decent way to go. And then of course there's your cocoa bedding that tends to be pretty inexpensive and easy to use as well. Now the varies pros and cons on these sub straights. This one of course if you use you want to dry it out before you use it. You don't want to use it in your aquarium while wet. When you make this it comes in a brick. Generally you have to put it in a gallon of warm water and let it expand over the course of a half an hour. After that you're going to want to spread it out under a heat lamp and let it dry out before you put it in your aquarium. You don't want to be using wet sub straights for a sand boa so much. It's not necessarily going to hurt them but we don't want to cause any undo chills or anything and maybe cause respiratory infection. Next, the pros and cons of the recycled newspaper bedding of course it doesn't look very attractive. It's just a gray ugly bedding. But it holds tunnels well. That's nice for the sand boas. However personally I'm not a huge fan of it. It is a little dusty and it is a little pricey as well."