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Pythons and Select Species

hello i like you snakes from ryan

Anyone up for a big snake owners meetup???

I really want to meet you guys if your in suffolk and discuss snake care and ownership.

Sarah XXXX

Big python owner

I use aspen with my corns, but I hear carefresh with reptiles is gaining in popularity. I know for small animals it does wonders controlling the smell. NO pine. The fumes can cause respiratory problems. The only way to really reduce it, is take it out right after they go to the bathroom. I also bleach my cage every 3-4 weeks or so, but even with my ball the smell never entirely goes away.

Hello I have two corn snakes just babies 16-19 inches I think. They live together no problems..I had them seperately before but opted to put them together and they are going good togeher...eatting and what not. My brother in law wanted to breed corn snakes and picked up a 1.3 trio and a reptile show in the fall and since he is frightened of them(he wants money from breeding....I dont think you make money Breeding anything really) so I change and feed them/measure them and check them over once a week. they all live seperate. For the record we aren't in teh same house. My question is is snake crap supposed to smell soooo strong and horrible? With my snakes the cage smells simaler to my bearded dragons cages so far just a bit stronger, I even wipe down my snakes cges and his snakes cages with lisoel wipes as advertised for coutner top on tv....they disenfect and have a smell to them and then wipe the cages with paper towels to dry them before replacing the dirty bedding with new newspaper or paper toweling...problem is even after the cages are changed it still smells horible in his snake room(he only has the four snakes) and I can never get the smell out of my snakes tank.... I am considering aspen or a lighlty scented pine for my snakes cages but was wodnering if a non scented bedding ike aspen or "carefresh hamster bedding would reduce the smells or not? Do all snakes crap smell soooo bad? I would like to get a Ball python later on but would like to know how to reduce smells first. Thank you for taking the time to read this email I greatly apprecate your anwser.