Roy's New Setup

[prairiepanda]

To minimize ingestion of substrate, I lay a sheet of newspaper down in the enclosure and put the rat on top of that. Some of the snakes drag the rat all around the enclosure anyway, but for the ones that don't the paper eliminates any risk of swallowing clumps of substrate. It's a simple precaution you can try if you're worried, though not strictly necessary.

[riddick07]

Originally Posted by SnoopySnake

Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is he? He's beautiful.

He is an albino chinese beauty snake. I really like my two beauty snakes and wouldn't mind another at some point!

Originally Posted by prairiepanda

To minimize ingestion of substrate, I lay a sheet of newspaper down in the enclosure and put the rat on top of that. Some of the snakes drag the rat all around the enclosure anyway, but for the ones that don't the paper eliminates any risk of swallowing clumps of substrate. It's a simple precaution you can try if you're worried, though not strictly necessary.

I do put paper towels down for everyone but Roy dragged his all around this time which was the reason I was a little more worried with the new substrate having large pieces.