Upgrading Olive

[animal805]

Hi all,
Just about to upgrade our smallish 20 month old Olive Python from her large click clack into a larger enclosure 120x60x60. What would be a suitable substrate? Was thinking about hemp as she has been on news paper for the 3 months that we have had her. I have a coastal and a Murray Darling on hemp substrate and they love to burrow in it and it is easy to clean and maintain.

 

[Stuart]

My girl has always been on that Aspen Snake Matting which she has never had an issue with. I dont feed her on it, but its easy to clean up when she needs to clean out...

 

[shabbyy]

From what I have read, paper/newspaper is the safest/best, but Aspen and Kritters Krumble seem to be very good, nothing bad about them that I have found.

Hope this helped

 

[thomasssss]

coir peat from bunnings , cheap soaks stuff up like a sponge and so easy to spot clean , plus the cheap cost means you wont care about throwing the whole lot out for full cleans

i use it for my womas with no ill effects to date , it was also recommended to me by the breeder of my female woma who hadn't had any problems with it

just ake sure you get the smaller blocks that make 9 litres and have no added fertilisers , it the one in the blue packet last time i bought it but steer clear of the larger blocks that make 30 or so litres , its also in a blue packet but has added fertilisers

if you choose to try the coir peat let us know and i can give some tips on drying it out fast after expanding it with out doing anything stupid like putting it in the oven

 

[animal805]

Cheers for that thomasssss. My son has gone ahead and bought some hemp substrate but I will give the coir peat a go for my two indoor pythons when next I do a full clean. I will pm you for some handy hints

 

[Joemal]

News paper is the easiest but not the best if you want a show setup and yes the size upgrade will do for now .

 

[animal805]

News paper is the easiest but not the best if you want a show setup and yes the size upgrade will do for now .

Cheers, yep we realize that this is only a temporary upgrade and we will be embarking on a mission to create a huge 8x4x4 enclosure with all the luxuries in the not too distant future

 

[Chris]

I have my Olive (& other pythons) on Kritters Krumble, it's good stuff.