What type of substrate do you use?

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

Paper towels (plain white.) It gives you a nice, bright floor to work with and it is so easy to clean (very absorbent too!)

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i switched to plain white paper towels also. idk though. they're absorbant but im out of a whole roll in like 3-4 changes:P . its better loking then newspaper though.

Plain blank white newspaper.

I get it from work, the 1st papers off the print press.

I've switched over fully to Indented Kraft Paper thanks to this thread, and love it! :gj: Still using Carefresh for the bunnies, but the Kraft paper is perfect for the snakes! Cheaper overall, I'm sure to get *everything* instead of spot cleaning, nice and absorbant, and it's a nice natural looking earthy brown. Love the stuff.

I love the look of aspen, but it sucks for me. Always getting wet. I like paper towels the best, they are the most absorbent substrate I've ever used.

Sheree, I love that Kraft paper too. My boa loves to dump water on it and make me change it a few times... I really like it though, very convenient and very professional looking compared to newspaper(although newspaper is nice and FREE) :)

Gomez's favorite is to pee on it, then poo shortly after I just changed it, LOL! Stinkers! ;) And very well put! Convenient and professional looking is why I love it too.

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Originally Posted by sweety314

I kept using it, until I found out about the chlorhexidine that ppl mention HERE on site. WONDERFUL stuff!! And it's the same thing that the vets use to clean clinic tables, or soak their instruments in and animal body cleanings during castrations, etc. U can buy a bottle or jug of that stuff and mix it with water.........lasts a good long time. :D :D

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Where can I buy the chlorhexidine? Sounds phenomenal.:carrot:

Matt @ MG Reptiles sells bottles of the concentrate. Probably any larger feed store or pet store? would sell it. Brand name (you'll pay more for the name) is Novosan. The liquid concentrate is chlorhexidine gluconate. It mixes 2 Tbl to a gallon of water, so a 32 oz. bottle is a LOT of cleaning spray. You can use it for both disinfecting and sanitizing...wiping or soaking. :D :D :D


I got my first 32 ouncer from Matt, but then found a LOCAL source here. I've gotten enough snakes now, I wanted a gallon, but didn't want to pay the extra shipping charges for that heavy a bottle. The Coastal Farms sells it as Novosan, but wanted too much. A feed store closer to my home was able to get a gallon jug for me and I paid him $34.99 for it, but it's good for a looooong time. :) You might find someone in your area. Just ask around. ;)

RuLyn

Wonderful, thank you! I'll check out MGReptiles and our local feed store.

And you know what? I think quite a few of you have sold me on the indented kraft paper... This is too exciting! (A moment of silence please; I just realized I am a dork.) :sheepish:

The best place you can buy chlorhexidine by the gallon is www.valleyvet.com I bought my gallon of concentrate for around $12 and shipping wasn't much, maybe $7-10, I don't remember exactly.

The indented kraft paper is awesome to say the least. Very absorbant, and clean looking. The roll of 18' is $17, and weighs... ALOT. Good thing the shipper is in Texas and it only cost maybe $10 to ship it. It works great for my boa who likes to tip his water or sit in it right after I change it, causing water to go everywhere. Just take it out, throw it away, wipe tub with chlorhexidine, cut 2 dry sheets 4ft long and put in 4ft tub, LoL. Easy enough!

My husband is going to erupt into hysterical laughter when that Gi-normous roll of paper arrives at our house... I'll never hear the end of it!:laughing:

i use repticarpet lots of diff colors and easy to clean.

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Originally Posted by sweety314

Probably any larger feed store or pet store? would sell it. Brand name (you'll pay more for the name) is Novosan. The liquid concentrate is chlorhexidine gluconate. It mixes 2 Tbl to a gallon of water, so a 32 oz. bottle is a LOT of cleaning spray. You can use it for both disinfecting and sanitizing...wiping or soaking. :D :D :D


A feed store closer to my home was able to get a gallon jug for me and I paid him $34.99 for it, but it's good for a looooong time. :) You might find someone in your area. Just ask around. ;)

RuLyn

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oh this is such a good idea... i'm calling the feed store on tues (after thanksgiving here in canada) and ordering some!

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

Aspen, because it was free!!! We'll see what happens when I run out of it.

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I buy my aspen at Stop and Shop. I got a huge bag for $9. I have changed out my cage twice and I haven't made a dent in the bag yet. I figure it will last at least 10 changes which works out to less than a buck a month.

I use news paper. it is free, easy to clean up and is dust free. I dont mind looks or lack there of lol. once I get my wall unit finished for any morphs I want displayed (when I ever get one that is :P ) then I will be useing aspen.

we get the huge bags of Kaytee aspen. The bedding pieces are pretty small and it is really soft. For most of the snakes T rex cypress bedding gets mixed in. I get the 10 quart bags for 5.00 each. I think the Kaytee aspen runs us 8 for the big bag. I tried to use straight cypress but the tubs got really wet inside so I started mixing in aspen.

repti carpet just because

I use aspen. I keep being tempted to buy some of that crushed walnut stuff. I like the way it looks but am worried about using it for the same reasons you shouldn't use sand, although the grains aren't as fine so i'm not sure if they'd be able to get under scales.

I use newspaper. With the new rack, it is practical, cheap (we read it anyway) and can't be ingested during feeding. For humidity-needing shed times, I crumple up paper towels and add them in to increase humidity. This worked great for our female last week.

I have a Ball python. I switched from indoor/outdoor carpet (which I love)

to Lizard Litter- tropical blend. I have been able to increase humidity and
Cyrus seems to really enjoy the change. I have used the coco fiber and
that was ok as well. Just changed the Snake store owner said I should
try it out.

Newspaper. As the ambiant humidity where I live is right in the range needed for my BP. If I was having humidiy problems I would probably switch, but since I'm not, it's convient, we get it anyways, and easy to clean.

I use Newspaper, paper towels, or aspen depending.

i use newspaper...quick and easy to replace......
but...with my largest burm....i use big towels (washed in water...no detergant)
as it easily soaks up liquids and you just throw it in the wash to clean...thought of using this method with the royals...not sire yet though..because need to make sure i still get the belly temps right

Paper towels, Aspen, sometimes newspaper, I like to open the newspaper and put the sports page on top whenever theres a picture of any KU team in there...so he can crap on top of them! :D

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Originally Posted by WTFbbqSnake

Paper towels, Aspen, sometimes newspaper, I like to open the newspaper and put the sports page on top whenever theres a picture of any KU team in there...so he can crap on top of them! :D

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Isn't that what Oral Roberts did the other night :D :D :D :D

Hahaha Hell yes! :carrot:

All my BP's are literate, so newspaper. Although in a deference to them, they do prefer the NY Times to the local events. More news from home.

i use a mixture of aspen and orchid bark feel it looks nicer and you get the best of both worlds

I use zoo med repti bark and aspen, obviously i don't feed on repti bark.

Graham

newspaper

Paper towel rocks! Good poll Daniel! :gj:

I use aspen for all my snakes and never had a problem with it. It's easy to spot clean and the snakes love to burrow in it.

At the time this poll was created, I was using aspen - now I'm switching every one to newspaper. SOOOOO much easier, and like Adam has said before - when it's clean, it's clean!


I never feel that with spot cleaning aspen that I truly got every wet piece of aspen out, AND I could never be neat with it, so there'd always be aspen all over the floor when I was done! LOL

With newspaper, take it out, clean the tub, pop in fresh paper, and you're done - I'm sold! LOL

I've gone back and forth with paper towel's , newspaper and aspen , I'm going to stick to the aspen I just like it more.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

At the time this poll was created, I was using aspen - now I'm switching every one to newspaper. SOOOOO much easier, and like Adam has said before - when it's clean, it's clean!


I never feel that with spot cleaning aspen that I truly got every wet piece of aspen out, AND I could never be neat with it, so there'd always be aspen all over the floor when I was done! LOL

With newspaper, take it out, clean the tub, pop in fresh paper, and you're done - I'm sold! LOL

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LOL!

I used to use aspen also. I wasn't that messy with it , but it got pretty hard to clean sometimes, and I couldnt controll the humidity that well, its good for cornsnakes.


Newspaper ink can get pretty messy and get on the snake , so I use paper towel, it is really absorbant, and easy to get and dispose of, and easy to buy! Newspaper can be too, but I don't want to subscribe for it and only read the sports and classifieds.

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Originally Posted by stangs13

LOL!

Newspaper ink can get pretty messy and get on the snake , so I use paper towel, it is really absorbant, and easy to get and dispose of, and easy to buy! Newspaper can be too, but I don't want to subscribe for it and only read the sports and classifieds.

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I don't subscribe to the paper either, but do pick up the Atlanta Sunday paper. It's HUGE and can easily keep my kiddos papered for two weeks.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I don't subscribe to the paper either, but do pick up the Atlanta Sunday paper. It's HUGE and can easily keep my kiddos papered for two weeks.

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Thats good! Lol... I read my coach's paper at school since I have bien out cause of a broken toe thingy.

I used to use paper towels a until Adam told me about some snake surgeries he witnesses from paper towel impaction. NO THANKS! I swithed to newpaper and sometimes kraft paper(on albinos, no ink stains). I have a subsription to Barron's and it fits perfectly in the CB-70's and the 32 qt. tubs. Very fast, clean and easy to replace! :carrot:

I use Aspen. The breeder who sold me my BP lets me stop by his shop whenever I need more. Can't beat free! :P

newspaper owns alllll!!!!!!! :carrot:

I used paper towels at the time that I voted, but I now use newspaper. It's much easier. I just pull out a section/sheet and put it in. I don't have to get like 8 sheets of paper towels and double them over, etc., and I don't have to worry about my ball swallowing some paper towel.

The Wall street Journal is the perfect size for my sterlite 32q tubs and has mild black and white ink. Only problem is finding places to steal it from..j/k

I used to love that crushed limestone, but cant find it anymore. so I just use aspen or cypress mulch. :imslow:

Exo- Terra Forrest bark. Lovin it it holds mosture great.

Oh sure I go float a brick of that expando mulch mud stuff (Bed-A-Beast) and then I find this thread....

Well its stayign in there at least a week! I am not cleaning that stuff up twice today!

Lol guess i should have jsut stuck with my cyprus, but hey I thoguht it would look cool and it does! I just didnt realise that it was sooooo messy!

Real quick tho before I toss my BP in it is ok for me to use that stuff right? :confused:

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Originally Posted by TheDude

Oh sure I go float a brick of that expando mulch mud stuff (Bed-A-Beast) and then I find this thread....

Well its stayign in there at least a week! I am not cleaning that stuff up twice today!

Lol guess i should have jsut stuck with my cyprus, but hey I thoguht it would look cool and it does! I just didnt realise that it was sooooo messy!

Real quick tho before I toss my BP in it is ok for me to use that stuff right? :confused:

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It's fine. :)

I have lots of snakes and I use a product called Critter Country alot. Its made out of Veggies and really does a good job controlling the oder. We use it in our live Rat and mice bins. You should be able to find this product a your local snake store.. If you have a moment check out our web page ...We sell reptile supplies cheap...No Critter Country in our online store but lots of other great stuff The Reptile Masters

I'm trying something new with bedding...

I lay down a layer or 2 of newspaper and then a layer of aspen on top. Certainly helps when cleaning...anyone else experimented with this method?

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Originally Posted by TheDude

Oh sure I go float a brick of that expando mulch mud stuff (Bed-A-Beast) and then I find this thread....

Well its stayign in there at least a week! I am not cleaning that stuff up twice today!

Lol guess i should have jsut stuck with my cyprus, but hey I thoguht it would look cool and it does! I just didnt realise that it was sooooo messy!

Real quick tho before I toss my BP in it is ok for me to use that stuff right? :confused:

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THat's what I use... IMHO it's the best looking substrate...:) but it does have it's downside to being messy when setting it up. :(

newspaper or printer paper with aspen on top