Just opening this up as i saw it in another thread. Curious as to why this is frowned upon as a substrate.

I have a rack set up and in no way would use this. But as a display cage pet snake I dont see an issue with it, as long as the snake is fed in a seperate container.

Some issues that were raised in another thread were

1. Does not hold humidity
2. Too cold for the snake

My opinions on those are, using paper towel as a substrate holds little to no humidy. So if the keeper kept up on misting i dont see the issue.

As far as too cold. Last time i checked rocks and sand hold heat very well. So if the tank is heated properly with a uth to achieve the right temps. What would the issue be. Also im assuming coming from africa the snakes arent foreign to spending time on sand and rocks.

One thing i could see would be cleaning. It would be an absolute night mare. But thats keeper preferance more so then snake well being.

Just some friendly ideas to be thrown arround in the morning. Heres the pic that sparked my curiosity.