Substrate/bedding in tubs
For those with tub setups, what substrate/ bedding do you use? I have a bag of cypress mulch but I am considering paper towels. Hopefully I can have everything ready to setup by next weekend. Waiting on my new uths and hides to arrive (expectedMonday).
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Re: Substrate/bedding in tubs
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Originally Posted by
adamsky27
I used to use aspen, never again! I use paper towels now for my snakes and my leopard geckos. When I used aspen I would always worry about the snakes ingesting it (which they did quite often). I don't have to worry about that with the paper towels. It is also so much easier to clean. Remove the paper towels and you can tell if the tub actually needs a cleaning, or if you just need to put in new paper towels.
I personally wouldn't use newspaper unless it hadn't been printed yet.
Let us know what you decide.
Actually your snake can ingest paper towel. I have it happen with one of mine. And luckily he passed it with out issue. There is greater risk involved than ingesting some aspen.
http://www.deviantconstrictors.com/i...ng.html#Towels
So saying there is no risk is wrong.
I don't mind using newspaper works great for babies. I use primary aspen because it is fairly cheap and I prefer some a substrate they can grip and burrow in.