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Israel M. Sánchez
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PostSubject: Best substrate for A. l. lubricus   Best substrate for A. l. lubricus Icon_minitimeTue 23 Mar - 17:40

Hi all.

My question to all the Aspidelaps experts here is quite simple Wink What it is in your opinion the best substrate to be used with Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus? And why?

Thanks very much!

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PostSubject: Re: Best substrate for A. l. lubricus   Best substrate for A. l. lubricus Icon_minitimeTue 23 Mar - 17:50

I keep my pair in a mix of orange sand and artificial peat. I cannot tell why this should be the best option, but it looks nice and is easy to be cleaned.

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PostSubject: Re: Best substrate for A. l. lubricus   Best substrate for A. l. lubricus Icon_minitimeTue 23 Mar - 17:52

Thanks Pascal.
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PostSubject: Re: Best substrate for A. l. lubricus   Best substrate for A. l. lubricus Icon_minitimeTue 23 Mar - 23:01

I have kept mine on different kinds of substrate and all worked find. Aspidelaps are easy snakes. As long as the substrate is not to sharp and as long they have the opportunity to burrow it'll work fine. For the last several years I keep mine in small woodchips (extra small/fine). And their behavour is the same as I kept them on sand.

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PostSubject: Re: Best substrate for A. l. lubricus   Best substrate for A. l. lubricus Icon_minitimeTue 23 Mar - 23:16

Ok, so I see that I will be fine with aspen for now. But I would like to offer a more naturalistic substrate when I put them into their bigger, definitive terrarium. As commented by Pascal, a mix of peat and fine river sand would be OK? For example, three parts of peat and one part of sand...
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That should work fine indeed.

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PostSubject: Re: Best substrate for A. l. lubricus   Best substrate for A. l. lubricus Icon_minitimeWed 24 Mar - 0:43

I like to use a cypress mulch from Zoo Med called Forest Floor with all of my animals. They can burrow in it and it helps to aid in shedding.
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PostSubject: Re: Best substrate for A. l. lubricus   Best substrate for A. l. lubricus Icon_minitimeWed 24 Mar - 0:53

Yes, I use the Forest Floor with my more humidity-loving snakes (e.g. Trimis, schlegelis and Savu pythons), because it holds humidity well. I suppose it works equally fine in every type of terrarium, but I prefer another kind of substrate to recreate drier environments.
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PostSubject: Re: Best substrate for A. l. lubricus   Best substrate for A. l. lubricus Icon_minitimeMon 3 May - 5:32

As Harold says, small woodchips seems to work fine for these little guys. I also used a mix of synthetic sand and woodchips, seemed to make it slightly easier for them to burrow.

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