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[slim6y]

We're in the game of providing the ultimate and safest habitat for healthy snakes. Soil in the outside world harbours bacteria in unconfined spaces (generally speaking).

In a controlled temperature and humidity environment dangerous amounts of bacteria could cause several problems - including smells (ammonia can be released), legionella (causes respiratory infections in humans) and possibly many other diseases and problems.

I would be erring on the side of caution from using live folliage on those very pretenses.

If you do use a natural forest, then make the enclosure suitabley sized... for example I wouldn't even put an african violet in a 4 foot tank... A shed might be more approiate sized for a small forest - but adequate ventilation is the main concern - bare that in mind!

On top of this, your snake my choose to deficate in the pot plants' soil and this also begins to increase the problems with bacteria.

With all this - do you still want living plants?

The risk is minimal, but unnessescary IMO.