What type of substrate do you use?

As of now I only have one snake. So I use, Cypress Mulch and check every other day for spot cleaning.

I have a 40 gallon glass terrarium, so Cypress Mulch + a water fall inside the terrarium are keeping the humidity as required ( ~~65 % on the water fall side and ~~50% on the other side) and I don't mist the cage.


*For people with large number of snakes and the racks, cleaning could be a pain and is also kind of expensive. so they use news paper, I guess !

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Originally Posted by decensored

I use TP for the ball pythons in the rack

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I've never heard of Toilet Paper being used as a substrate... :D

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Originally Posted by sho220

I've never heard of Toilet Paper being used as a substrate... :D

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lmao XD I meant PT lmao!!

I use Aspen at the moment. But as soon as my racks come in, it will be Newspaper. Im sick of them eating the substrate. Everytime i see a piece of that hanging out of their mouth, i get worried.

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Originally Posted by decensored

I use TP for the ball pythons in the rack and newspaper for my Boas.

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Do you use Scott? Lmao, just joking.

I use un-printed news paper .

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i use printed news paper, rumor was way back from a friends wife who worked in children's ICU wards, was that the inks make up acts like a disinfectant/antiseptic. whether it is true or not i have not confirmed facts, but i have not had issues with it.

Over the years I've used paper towels, newspaper, and non-adhesive shelf liner.

Depends on the animal and time of the season.

Adult males - Cypress mulch year round

Adult Females - Cypress much when not breeding and after ovy, while breeding newspaper.

Hatchlings/Juvies - Aspen, helps make them feel more secure.

I use bogus paper. It is thicker and more absorbent than newspaper. For babies, I use paper towels.

Zoomed Cypress Mulch for the most part, but because I'm not a fan of the impact it has on the environment, I'm switching to Kritters Crumble fine, which is an organic coconut bark shavings, not compressed. It's about 2 dollars more than cypress, but holds ZERO smell and GREAT humidity when needed! Still testing it out though before I make the conversion fully. You can pick it up on Amazon pretty easily, especially if you are a Prime member.