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13-Aug-07, 11:17 AM
| | | Paper
Kitty Litter
Sand
Bark
Other, explain what one.. | 
13-Aug-07, 11:18 AM
|  | QUEEN B Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23  | | | | What type of reptile?
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13-Aug-07, 11:28 AM
| | | | Atherton Python | 
13-Aug-07, 11:34 AM
|  | UNINFRACTABLE Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Hamilton island, QLD Age/Gender: 28  | | | | paper, cleanest & cheapest
do a search there a hundreds of threads explaining why.
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13-Aug-07, 11:49 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Cairns Age/Gender: 22  | | | | paper
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13-Aug-07, 11:52 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Townsville, North QLD Age/Gender: 20  | | | | I use tiles.... easy to clean, safe and hygenic, cheap, look great, hold the heat....
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[CENTER][SIZE=1]Over the 'Coastals are ugly, lets feed them to BHPs' thing.[/SIZE][/CENTER]
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13-Aug-07, 11:54 AM
| | | | what about sterile soil and reptile bark? | 
13-Aug-07, 12:02 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Townsville, North QLD Age/Gender: 20  | | | | they are ok but can cause problems if your snake eats in its enclosure.... it will probably ingest the loose substrate at some point and could cause compaction problems etc....
you would also have to replace the soil/bark every week or so for a full clean out...
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[CENTER][SIZE=1]Over the 'Coastals are ugly, lets feed them to BHPs' thing.[/SIZE][/CENTER]
[CENTER][SIZE=1]7 x Coastal, 2 x Bredli, 1 x MD, 2 x Jungle, 1 x Darwin, 1 x Water Python, 1 x Woma, 1 x Intergrade + numerous on order......[/SIZE][/CENTER]
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13-Aug-07, 12:12 PM
|  | UNINFRACTABLE Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Hamilton island, QLD Age/Gender: 28  | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by munchie what about sterile soil and reptile bark? | I lost a green tree snake to bark 
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13-Aug-07, 12:16 PM
| | | | im sorry to hear that.. i think i was just thinkin of those cause they would look nicer... butchers paper i think ill go with... bugger a mate just bought me soil and bark... | 
13-Aug-07, 12:24 PM
|  | UNINFRACTABLE Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Hamilton island, QLD Age/Gender: 28  | | | | I know that it looks pretty to use those things but honestly i think they cause to many dramas.
And firt most you have to look after the wellbeing of your snake.
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13-Aug-07, 12:47 PM
| | | | true.. thanks | 
13-Aug-07, 12:47 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Sydney NSW Gender:  | | | | Definitely newspaper. Its cheap, clean, hygenic, and disposable. | 
13-Aug-07, 06:27 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Melb Age/Gender: 17  | | | | aspen snake bedding,, its great i use it on my big diamond tank |  |
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