Thinking about switching to unprinted newspaper
So I am thinking about switching from coconut husk to unprinted newspaper. Although the husk is great with holding humidity, I don't like that my snakes get a mouth full of it on feeding days. So, for those who use newspaper. How do you keep humidity? Is the water bowl enough? I keep my snakes in tubs in a climate controlled room.
Re: Thinking about switching to unprinted newspaper
Bowl is more then enough. In my opinion substrate is overated. Paper towels or news paper is way to go. If you dont have enough humidity (50% is enough) dont make holes on the cover
Re: Thinking about switching to unprinted newspaper
Like vip mentioned the water bowl should be enough. I use unprinted paper and i only spray while they're in blue. I guess you could use regular newspaper but im letting you know if it gets wet the ink can stain your tubs not a big deal but im just mentioning it. I'm sure you'll find a place to get unprinted but just to let you know i get mine from a seller on ebay. I get like 500 sheets for around 20-30 bucks. One thing i really like about paper is on feed day when they take the rat i can just move on to the next and not worry about them eating wood chips. Also to people reading i know they can swallow some shavings but i dont like it.
Re: Thinking about switching to unprinted newspaper
I use orchid bark / reptibark for all mine and simply put a few pieces of card down on top of it to avoid ingestion . Those little inserts in boxes of biscuits / chocolates are great for putting down as well.