Zoo Med Laboratories SZMEE10 Eco Earth Pet Bed, 1-Brick

I love this stuff. I’ve been using it for my snakes forever and one brick is enough to cover the entire bottom of my long 40 gallon terrarium. I personally love the smell when I initially mix it with water .it just smells like really clean dirt if that makes sense? but once it’s actually in the tank you can’t smell it at all. I absolutely prefer this to the aspen shavings/other bedding for that reason as well as it’s great ability to help with increasing/maintaining humidity.

Bought as a substrate for our toad. Once hydrated, it makes a huge amount of substrate which we bagged up and stored for future vivarium cleans. We will be using this in future.

I mixed this brick with leftover ReptiBark for my 10 gallon ball python tank, which was due to a first time error in my judgement. The one brick wasn't working,and the humidity was way too high, so I ended up mixing it up with ReptiBark, and haven't had a problem since.I now have her in a 40 gallon, but as I like to have extra substrate on hand, I do recommend this.I don't know that it has a smell- certainly not one of plastic or chemicals, as mentioned before in another review. It kind of reminds me of a forest in the nose sense.I am on some snake groups on Facebook and they all have recommended Reptichip for perfect humidity control, and I do agree with them. This keeps humidity well, and is easy to maintain it by just mixing up the substrate in the tank or dampening it a little.I feel it's extremely easy to clean, much more economical compared to pet stores, is a well known brand, so I will continue to buy it from here.I do hope that helps others decide whether to get this or go with another product.

gerne wieder :) bin zufrieden und meine spinne schein sich auch wohlzufühlen

I mix it 50/50 with some potting soil and top the last 1/4 of my potted plants with the mixture, it helps keep the water inside the pot for longer so I have to water less and don't have to worry about them when I go away. Highly recommend!