ROSY BOA SUBSTRATE

[zachbaker]

I HAVE USED SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS AS A SUBSTRATE BUT I CAME ACROSS SOME EXTRA FLUKERS MOSS IN WHICH I HAVENT USED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE PROPER SUBSTRATE FOR ROSY BOA'S. I WOULD THINK SO BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE BURROWING SNAKES.

[Patrick Kubeja]

Hey Zach

I have not read anything that it would be bad for them but I really could not say but from what I have read it does not say anything that it would be bad they are burrowers you just have to make sure that you have your under the tank heater on a rheostat so they do not get burned. And watch for dampest!

But maybe Steven or Elizabeth could help here as well..

[elizabeth]

I haven't read anything that says it would be a bad choice other than this particular snakes likes it dry and moss will absorb moisture quickly. If a piece were to lie in the water dish it can suck a dish dry then you will not only have a dry water bowl you will have a very wet spot in your tank where the moss is.... The things I have read would make me stick to what I have chosen as my snake bedding of choice being the aspen shavings... It's not expensive the bag I have has lasted quite some time in my 20 gal tank and you can put a layer in thick enough for burrowing.... I use the moss with my frog, and it is an ideal substrate when you want your tank more on the wet/damp side!

Rosys like it dry. Their native habitat is mostly warm savannahs that experience little rainfall. Although they are not desert dwellers, they need to be kept in a dry tank like a desert dweller. Substrates such as cypress mulch, aspen, small wood chips work well. Rosys are burrowing snakes, so the substrate must be layered to a depth of at least 2-4 inches. Plain paper may be used but small hide boxes (big enough for the snake to get into but not so big that they can't feel it around them) will have to be provided on both sides of the temperature gradient.

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Substrates which have been used successfully include: newsprint, course sand, dried pine, aspen and Care Fresh.

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[loulou]

we use sand with our adult rosys and with our 2 yearlings at the moment we onlu use paper with alot of tunnels and borrows self made. people dont always advise sand though but personally i fond it brilliant and my female is a happy healthy girl so i must be doing something right