What bedding do you use??

I'm wondering what bedding everyone uses? Right now I use newspaper and clean the tubs once a week with dawn dish soap. I have heard a lot of people using cypress mulch, spot cleaning daily, and only changing once a month. That seems a lot easier.

What is everyones opinions??

I used cypress mulch for all my snakes except for the females being paired during breeding season (they are on newspaper) :gj:

Yup, I use cypress mulch for anything that's in a display cage (not in tubs) because it helps me with the humidity (and I need all the help I can get!). Spot clean the second I find something, and clean it all out about once a month.

However, for newer or younger snakes I keep them on paper towels so that
1. I can watch for mites
2. I can easily see their stool and urine to make sure everything is normal
3. I eliminate the possibility of them ingesting substrate, so that I can avoid them going off feed as much as possible.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

I used cypress mulch for all my snakes except for the females being paired during breeding season (they are on newspaper) :gj:

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Why are your females on newspaper? Do they get stuff sucked in?

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Originally Posted by Alexandra V

Yup, I use cypress mulch for anything that's in a display cage (not in tubs) because it helps me with the humidity (and I need all the help I can get!). Spot clean the second I find something, and clean it all out about once a month.

However, for newer or younger snakes I keep them on paper towels so that
1. I can watch for mites
2. I can easily see their stool and urine to make sure everything is normal
3. I eliminate the possibility of them ingesting substrate, so that I can avoid them going off feed as much as possible.

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What do you use in your tubs?

yah what are you using in tubs??

I use Cypress Mulch in my adult cages even during breeding season.....Helps with humidity is very easy to clean, In my baby & juvie cages I use newspaper.

Paper Towels for the hatchlings and Unprinted Newspaper for the adults. :) If I wanted to do a display tank, I'd use Aspen.

i just bought some coconut husk to give it a try ill see how that goes.

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Originally Posted by corey2805

yah what are you using in tubs??

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Originally Posted by koloo921

What do you use in your tubs?

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In tubs I use paper towel or unprinted newspaper because I usually won't need the extra humidity provided by the cypress.

i use exo terra forest bark.

AstroTurf, pre-cut for the enclosure, and I keep a spare piece for each snake. Spot cleaned when soiled and replaced with the fresh piece at feeding time...then its bleach sanitized, rinsed, and allowed to air until the next feeding. They get replaced with new pieces every 6 to 9 months, basically when it starts to discolor from the bleaching.

I did Aspen shavings for a while, and had issues with my male getting it stuck in his heat receptors. Ever since the AstroTurf change, cleaning the enclosure is amazingly easy, and I don't spend a small fortune on substrate every couple months. Just $5 at home depot and a couple minutes with a razor knife.

I use coco husk and absolutely LOVE it. Keeps the humidity really high and helps my lil guy shed. Really nice too if he spills any water anywhere.

Cheers,
Fatal

I use newspaper. I used to use mulch but it gets annoying after a while for spot cleaning. You don't always see urinate spots, especially if they move the mulch around. Newspaper is so much more convenient, practically cost free, cleaner, and they don't get any of it in their mouth.

I started on newspaper, didnt like it, switched to aspen, didnt like that either, then switched to unprinted newspaper, and it is possibly the best decision I've ever made! I originally didnt like newspaper cause whenever some water got spilled the ink would stain the tubs and the snake, the aspen I didnt like because it was too dusty and occasionally made it hard to spot clean(my snakes were burying their poo/urates) and it also made it harder to maintain hotspot temps cause the snakes would move substrate around so it was different thickness in all the tubs. unprinted newspaper solved all of those problems in one fell swoop! I always see the poos/urates, the hotspot temps are always the same in every tub, there is no dust at all and no ink to stain the tubs or snake! Its wonderful!..the only issue I have ever had with it is humidity getting a little low, but that is solved with a weekly misting. :gj:

Aspen here. Because it is pretty.

I cant stand the smell of aspen. I us the mulch, but I might go with the cocconut husk

The lady at the pet store gave us bark. it looks very nice and is easy to clean. But i am having humidity issues. Is cypruss mulch expensive?

I use Aspen or newspaper but I'm considering switching back to cypress for my boaphiles. They are harder to clean than tubs and the cypress is easier to spot clean while holding in moisture. The big problem I find with Aspen is how fast it grows mold. If the humidity is high, mold will grow in a matter of days. Especially if you spray it. This seems to defeat the purpose when BPs require fairly high humidity but cypress is much more expensive.

I wish I could find some place local to buy larger bags of cypress at wholesale. If so, I would just switch to that.

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Originally Posted by rdoyle

I cant stand the smell of aspen. I us the mulch, but I might go with the cocconut husk

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Coconut husk gets ridiculously dusty, I don't recommend anyone using that.

Well I am getting a baby then I might go with the astrotuff stuff, but I am having a little problem with humity

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Originally Posted by rdoyle

Well I am getting a baby then I might go with the astrotuff stuff, but I am having a little problem with humity

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Please do not use that carpet garbage :colbert:.Its worthless and harbors bacteria no matter how you clean it.I use every day newspaper in all of my enclosures.Its easy to clean and just about everyone gets the daily paper so its cheap and you recycle it :P.Of course it goes into the garbage after the snakes poo on it lol

Zilla Jungle Mix

zilla bark blend. i dont know exactly what barks its made of but i have no mold on it after almost 2 weeks of misting it.