substrate

I switch from aspen to cypress. So far I think I will be sticking with cypress to hold humidity better

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Yes. Why yes I think you should. :-D. Personal preference I guess

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i used news paper for a long time and may go back, but i just recently switched all mine over to aspen just to see how i liked it because i had a huge bag of the stuff lying around. so far i love it and it actually seems like a little less maintenance than the news paper. it just seemed like more of a hassle to take the snake completely out, clean the tub and put paper back in, when with aspen i can just spot clean with a kitty litter scooper. i plan on completely cleaning all the tubs out once a month or as needed if they get nasty, but a quick turd scoop as opposed to cleaning everything in the tub out after every time they go potty is nice. i may eventually go back to newspaper. it's really personal preference. i say try both and see what you like. glass tanks are a lot more of a pain to do a thorough cleaning on than tubs though.

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Originally Posted by Marrissa

With UTH you have to keep the substrate very thin. Newsprint or paper towels are good for that. When I had my 20gal I had to use Eco Earth for humidity. I made sure to keep the substrate thin, especially in the hides. Because in order for the substrate to get to the 88/90 whatever hotspot you want you have to crank the heat up. Then if they move the substrate they could be sitting on the glass that is hotter than the intended temperature. By keeping it thin you prevent that from happening because you don't have to turn it up like that.

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with my guys on aspen i just keep the bottom of the tub around 90-92. sometimes on thick parts of aspen the temp gun will read 84ish in some spots but i've found if they want to get to the heat they'll burrow down in the substrate. keeping the bottom of the tub/glass too hot in order to get the top of the substrate to 90 could possibly be dangerous if they burrow down to it.

Agreed with paper vs any bedding. At the back of the tub depending on the snake and spot in the rack I barely put any bedding.

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Originally Posted by DooLittle

My balls are in tubs with papertowels. My boas are on aspen.

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Me too. I use the pre-cut liners from superiorshippingsupplies.com they're like a really thick version of those viva paper towels. I don't think I'll ever switch back to aspen for my guys, it's amazing how much more you can SEE on the paper.