We took mya (sons ball python) to the vet last week she had a reptile version of a hemroid and the vet told me we were using the wrong bedding that we should be using large aquarium rocks a few days later I talked to the pet store guy where we got her and he said defiantly do not put them in there I should continue to use the ceder chips . i also heard paper towels what do u all use or suggest?

I wouldn't use rocks.

The best thing to use right now would be newspaper, paper towels, tiles or carpet, something non-particulate that wont stick to the vent if she prolapses again.

Just make sure she has lots of hiding places if you aren't using a substrate she can hide in.

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Rocks,...not a good idea. Impossible to spot clean and will not help hold humidity.
Cedar,..NO! Its toxic to small animals. No animal should be on cedar shavings! Do not listen to anything a petstore tells you if they recommend cedar for snakes.

I agree with Lacey. For the time being simply use sheets of paper.

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thanks guys
i have a towel in there now that the vet told me to use while she had her issue maybe I should just continue to use it

After you are sure that the prolapse will not return you can use wood shavings, either aspen or cypress mulch.
They will help hold humidity better than just paper. But paper works to if you can solve the humidity problem.

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Was your vet an exotic vet?

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:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

no I dont think so he had said he doesnt get to many snakes but he has had them and knows about them he usually gets lizards and turtles. when I looked up the closest exotic vet its and hour and a half drive
and now that im thinking about it cypress is what we have been using not the cedar

Just curious...I have heard on the forums about wood chips and also about the coconut fiber stuff....What is the better way to go between those to help with humidity??

pet stores are completly clueless and suprisingly most vets are to. Even exotic vets are. they know medically but there not trained to know husbandry.

i personally use cocofibre for all of our snakes. its sold in many petshops and online stores in dry compressed bricks that you soak in water to expand. its also often used in terrariums and vivariums for animals besides snakes. like turtles, frogs, toads, and salamanders. its natural, doesn't decay too fast, and is excellent at holding moisture.

our corn snake, milk snake, and ribbon snake love borrowing in it.

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i'd be better off opening my own small zoo.