Corrugated wrap as substrate? Thoughts?

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Originally Posted by Rat160

I used to use shop towels but they are TOO absorbent. They suck the humidity completely out of my snakes. I never had a good shed while using shop towels. Now I use just regular kraft paper but i like the idea of the corregated stuff.

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Interesting! I have zero problems with humidity, I'm guessing because of where I live, though. Squamish is about 40 minutes away from Vancouver, BC, so I'm very near to the ocean and it rains here like, 10 months out of the year. Always have perfect sheds, no RIs or anything either. Totally didn't clue in that I might be very lucky to have such high humidity where I live!

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Originally Posted by kitedemon

All paper is hydroscopic it will pull some water from the air and lock it away and not release it. It is a property of cellulose.

I still use coco coir products environmentally friendly and cheap. I didn't realize that the paper was so much! (about 100 changes (?) for 53$ ? I'd average $5.30 a week! I get about 125 (220L) changes for 7$ average 31¢ a week)

Sorry my dad is very Scottish...

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Now that isn't 125 full cage changes. In my 4 foot cages I use 2, 2 foot sections (wastes less when soiled) I get 125 1/2 cage changes... I very rarely need to change out a full cage.

The biggest downside to corrugated wrap is that the 250 foot rolls are about 3 feet in diameter

I don't have a problem with storage so I think I'm going to try the corrugated wrap, I like the idea of making a tray since my snakes seem to poop in the corner on the side of the tub. Isn't that hard to scrub a couple tubs but when you have 40 snakes it gets tedious.


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