Substrate Types - Which one is best 

At 0:47 I was using Aspirin bedding for a while but it gets expensive. I switched to generic Advil and my snakes are thriving

Love your tact and how articulate you are. Appreciate how you focus on the hobby... no gimmicks. Great videos man!

Asprin wow that's gotta be expensive. Yes I know it was a slip up but it's funny

Another great video, Jason!! Thanks again!

Thanks Jason! Great video, great topic! Keep them coming!

Great video. I definitely think it is all about the animals needs and what works for each individual keeper.

Great video again. Always very informative. And I'm the same way I've changed substrates 3 times the last year. I went from eco earth coco husk, to cypress mulch to now I've combined the two. I think it gives it a nice look and holds the humidity great for my boas

Hey Jason! Love the regular videos! I personally use coconut husk bedding, but I only have a few animals. I can definitely see if you had a big collection or if you are a breeder then it would get pretty expensive.

I had wondered about potentially using aspen with some of my boas but I've always been worried about the humidity. I use reptichip right now and its pretty good for an overall bedding but it's not a very clean one (ie lots of fiber and dust). I've wanted to try cypress but I have had trouble finding pure cypress mulch in my area without going to the pet store and like you said that's a rediculous price tag. Thanks for another great video Jason, stay awesome man!

Another great video, Jason. Right now I've got my boas on a paper or cardboard base, with a bunch of moss thrown in for burrowing & humidity control.

I'm kind of new to the hobby but I'm really starting to love a coco fiber / cypress mulch mix. Live in Colorado where it's super dry. This mix is absorbent with the coco fiber and the cypress mulch for humidity. Love your channel man as i'm new into reptiles and boas. Tons of great info. So far my favorite vids have been a combination of seeing the growth vids and locale vids. Anyway, thanks man.

This was SO helpful! My daughter has her 1st ball python and we're using aspen bedding. The snake's first shed was great from the head to about half his body but we had to bathe him to get the stuck shed off. So we've added a humidifier to the room, very small room, and waiting to see how his next shed goes. But now I'm gonna be extra diligent in checking for mold. My daughter is 20 BTW, just got a bug up her butt to get a snake and after she got me into researching I'm dying to get my own. 😂 they're wonderful and although newbies, channels like yours have been so very educational. Really appreciate you going over basics and species, etc... Just awesome. I have come to realize that snakes are like tattoos, you can't have just one! But we're getting our hands on experience with our 1st before delving into more. Anyway... Sorry to ramble, thanks again!!

Another fantastic topic brotha. I see your becoming a full time youtuber

Great video. I had my wife watch this video to help her learn how the substrate affects the humidity. I use news paper for new snakes then switch to cypress. I have so much respect for what you do strictly for the love of the animals while working as a regular dude. Keep it up. Just some fyi, Bob Clarke just listed a few Peruvians, I'm not sure if they are Iquitos or Pucallpa though.

Great info bro!!

I love when you've got a hypo out, my little guy is a hypo about 7 months and seeing him get more and more orange/pink is awesome, it's cool to see adult hypos and guess my boa's future look. Really helpful video as I'm going through different substrates right now experimenting for the best one

Great video Jason

What kind of morph was that snake? Beautiful looking snake! Thanks for all your videos! Awesome information and ideas in each one!

I use the coco chip and it lasts a long time. Just spot clean and go on to the next tub. Mold resistant and great with odors.

Beautiful Boa!! I prefer the Cypress mulch but am researching building bigger enclosures and Bioactive?

great video thanks :)

I was using the powder cocohusk mix that you add water to, and it worked great for me except that I had the feeding issue you mention with my ATB - I got her off a sketchy dude and shes always had off behavior and seemed a bit loose in the head, and one day I see her shoving her mouse and face through the dirt and she just fills up with it - I managed to save her but I'm never using the stuff again.

I use a mix of bedding. The coco core and I think reptibark

Great video, gotta throw out my weekly idea - caring and housing newborn boas.

I use Repti-Chip. I think it looks the best, doesn’t mold, holds humidity. And a block of that lasts me an eternity with my 3 snakes. It really expands a lot once you break it up and hydrate it! It’s 72qts, way more than any of the other reptile specific bedding I’ve seen readily available. I find it very cost effective. I really like it. Pretty sure my boa likes it too, she burrows down and cuddles up in it sometimes. :)

I love Asprin bedding absorbs and gets rid of the pain of cleaning.

I'm using repti chip of course I have 1 working on getting another snake but nothing like you and I use it dry my hog nose loves it I just bought some aspen it's still 8n bag doi. Research to decide about using because I 9nly have 1 and am gett8ng 1 more I want to try to do the best for them I can love your info lots of diff bias opinions so just getting as much knowledge from guys like you with lots experience just wanna spoil I will be breeding them 1 or 2 times nothing like you just wanna see some babies I can come up with I have past experiences breeding been long time and lots have changed live your videos and knowledge and appreciate it but for the small amount of reptiles I have I really like the repti chip and so does my boy but ism open to try diff things want the best for them keep making videos please your knowledge helps more then you know thank you

I personally use aspen as well except quarantining, I havent been bringing any new animals in for a while but I always keep them on newspaper for quarantine. I know this is off topic of the video, but I was wondering what your thoughts on non-rodent feeders, IE chicks/chicken, Guinea pigs, rabbits and such. Not switching off rodents permanently but offering a variety in the diet. I recently seen a breeding group of red jungle fowl for sale in my area, they are raised for meat for human consumption. They are basically a small chicken, the big adults don't get bigger then 2 pounds and the chicks are about half the size of a normal chicken chick. The hens much like chickens if you keep taking there eggs and putting them in an incubator they will continue to lay an egg every one to two days for most of the year. I currently only feed rodents and my 2 biggest snakes get a rabbit every once an a while. But I like the idea of every 3rd or 4th feeding being something other then the normal rat.

I use paper kitchen towell for another 2months, and the switch to reptiblock(It's coconut block that have a big size that they can 't ingest) or aspen. And my humidity is like 45-55% now. I live in Belgium.

Jason I am looking at the freedom breeder rack system and i was wondering about the size I need to get for BBC red tail bowa and I have 3 of them type of bowa and one bci red tail bowa male and female and I have two blood phthon matrix both male and female and I have 8 Ball python and two Bull snake male and female and a ground bowa and sand bowa and a garder snake so what do you reckaned for me to get as far as the bins for them and the rack system and i plan on getting more snakes too so I can breed them so it makes it easier for me to take care of them and be able to breed them I have a home made one now but I want to upgrade to the freedom breeder rack system and i need to know what size I need to do this and thank you for your help and time I really appreciate you and doing this for people like me out here

Hardwood mulch my dude. That shit is amazing! The kind I get is ground up better than Cypress mulch. The no float Cypress blend at home depot, is all hardwoods, no pine or cedar.

I tend to buy topsoil and cypress mulch and bake them for 30 minutes at 350F. Throw it in the enclosure and mix with water! I love it and it’s cheap.

Good topic. I use Forest Floor Cypress Mulch for the majority. But I also have some boas that I keep on repti bark because one time I found a small sliver stuck in my boa's nose and I had to pull it out. I think it's good to alternate beddings, some snakes do better than others. In my case, my boa would bury himself under the Cypress Mulch and that's how he got some stuck in his nose.

Hi, What do you recommend for an adult burmese? She is now 7ft and I am looking to move her j to her new viv and was wondering what substrate would benefit her? Thanks,

Hay Jason what’s the correct humidity you need for boas I keep getting different answers...

I have a question regarding Cypress mulch. I can get Cypress mulch, in very large bags from Home Depot or Lowe’s in my area and that would save me a hell of a lot of money, but what I’m concerned about is, what are the chances of finding mites or other infestations in that cypress, mulch material? Also, in reference to you saying that when you thaw out mice or rats or whatever, and they’re wet that the material in the substrate would stick to it, and the snake would ingest it, I have a solution for that, what I do is take the frozen mouse, or the frozen rat put it in a watertight sandwich bag glad bag and then submerge that in hot water With something holding it down underneath the water and then when the mouse or the rat is fully thawed out, you pull it out of the waterproof baggie and they’re not wet they’re warm which is nice but they’re not wet. This works really well for me.

Jason what do you think about “loose coconut” substrate? Also when is it appropriate to quarantine your snake? I plan on getting my first no this Wednesday from a guy On Craigslist, visually I’m the photos he looks healthy but after watching your videos I’m thinking maybe I should quarantine the snake on paper towel substrate until I can verify it doesn’t have mites

Hey Jason was curious what your thought was on mixing substrates aspen and coco husk? Or if you have every tried it! Enjoying all your videos. Thanks

How do you feel about the repti carpets for snakes. I’ve had snakes in the past and the aspen bedding got under the scales causing a bad infection.

I like Cocanut husk reptichip and cypress mulch and aspen i use the puppy pad just under the water bowls in case water gets spilled

I have used Aspen and I am now using Coco Block. I have only seven snakes and the Coco hold humidity longer.

What about shredded newspaper for a dumeril boa for him to burrow? Think it will be fine? Not amped to add aspen, the dust isn't fun.

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For everyone who says Aspen bedding sucks I disagree and agree. If you are handling a reptile that requires lots of humidity then its terrible bedding but if your reptile does good in just 30-40 percent humidity which is about how much is in a normal house then aspen is great.

Cocoblox. You have to say it like Jessy from Freedom Breeder says it: Co-Co-Blawks. You might want to hit Jessy up on prices: one block is kind of pricey but at the scale you're using it at you can probably get a pretty steep discount per-block when you order many at a time. I've been using Cocoblox mostly because of the smell. I'm not a fan of the pet store/small animal aspen smell. Personal preference.

What about pure cardboard that has been through a micro shredder?

so do you humidify the whole room to keep humidity levels up?

good evening Jason, Today is Wednesday, are you working on anything new. Hopefully all is well..

All depends on the animal I think, e.g. atm I've got the big boa and burm on paper and things like the hognoses and fwc on aspen :) I'll use cardboard boxes for hides to, they don't look the best but they do the job and it's always good to recycle 🤘

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Good video. I stick with paper towel for new or sick animals, and coco fiber for everything else. Just dry rodents off before feeding and I never have any problem with bedding sticking to it. It's a pain but I check all rodents thoroughly to see if they are warm enough anyways so it's just an extra second to take them to a towel.

With the coco products, you forgot “coco” pebbles... lol Seriously though, my favorite of the mix is definitely cypress mulch. I am currently trying the cypress/coco mix solution right now and like it too. Just seems to dry out quicker to me...

And now you’re sponsored by FB! 🤘🏼Using the CocoBlox.

I had good luck with rabbit pellets (rabbit food).

What about reptile carpet?

You know the pee pee pads because you’re too lazy to take your dog outside lmao perfect 👌🏼

Aspirin 🤣 he said fuck it lol leave it there, it generates comments, right lol

Lmfao when he says aspirin instead of aspen hahaha 0:47 Love your vids!!

Aspen is best...can see waste immediately...smell reduction...looks cleans...just be neat...use 😷 when laying out

I just looked this up bc I have over 50 pounds of newspaper and need something to use it for such as snake and rat bedding🤣

Cypress mulch all the way! I have enclosures and like the aesthetic to it all. Paper just looks cheap and lazy. Granted I get it if you’re a breeder and have rack systems.

Bro, Walmart has aspen for about $4 a bag as opposed to the same size or slightly smaller bags being sold for $12 to $15 a bag.

Big Pharma has to love you!

paper products double as a hide

You are paying too much for Aspen you can get 8 cu ft bags for $15.

Freedom breeder its cocoblox

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