Which bedding do you prefer?

Welp, I'm planning on switching to a different substrate than newspaper for some particular reasons. What does everyone use?

I'm looking into shredded corn husk....apparently holds great humidity

Corrugated wrap is my preferred substrate, but I'll use anything paper based

Indented Kraft Paper

http://www.uline.com/BL_1952/Kraft-Paper-Sheets

Males - Cypress mulch
Females - Cypress mulch and newspaper depending on where they are in the breeding season
Hatchlings - Aspen

Kraft Bogus paper. Much more absorbent than newspaper.

http://www.uline.com/BL_1964/Bogus-Paper

Paper Towels is all I use

Aspen or cypress, just depends on when I run out and where I end up going to buy it.

Sani Chips FTW!!!!

Cypress

Cypress or repti bark..whichever I find first. If I had hatchlings I would keep them on paper towels for a bit though.

Bounty paper towels is the way to go!

Coconut husk. (Looks like dirt, smells like dirt, probably is just dirt.)

U-haul wrapping paper

I use scotts blue shop towels.
http://www.homedepot.com/buy/paint/d...-ct-54855.html:)

Coco coir, natural and a by product of the coconut harvest. Holds humidity better than anything else and it is digestible as well. It is super cheap too, look at organic greenhouses or farmers. I pay something like 4$ for 110L (29gal) it retails in my area for 7$ either way not very costly.

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I'm looking into shredded corn husk....apparently holds great humidity

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Don't look too far, it also holds lots of bacteria and molds easily.

We use brawny or Bounty paper towels under all of our ball pythons :)

2x with Jerry corn products mould easily.

I swear by paper towels. Though I did like craft paper when I had access to it.

Other= paper towel

Cypress. I have a custom cage and it hold humidity well and ballences out the CHE heat source.

Kraft paper and reptisorb. I will likely be switching to reptisorb exclusively due to the shipping cost of the kraft paper.

Bounty here too

Paper towels all the way. Easy to spot messes and inexpensive.

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Originally Posted by RideRed12

Welp, I'm planning on switching to a different substrate than newspaper for some particular reasons. What does everyone use?

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Pine.

Yes, you heard me - pine.

i use aspen and mulch mixed together, mainly to keep up humidity and help with the shedding process

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Originally Posted by Skiploder

Pine.

Yes, you heard me - pine.

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~gasp~! :O

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Originally Posted by Skiploder

Pine.

Yes, you heard me - pine.

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Skip, if I may, add a qualifier Kiln dried ... :)

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Pine.

Yes, you heard me - pine.

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I have friends and family that have used pine for decades and never had a problem with it for birds and reptiles. I just used the paper towels because I always have them.

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Skip, if I may, add a qualifier Kiln dried ... :)

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Somewhere off in the distance, a duck is quacking sadly………………..

Kiln dried pine here as well. Works great for me.

Viva paper towels:gj:

Paper towels are clean and cheap.

Paper towels all day :gj:

cypress

I use unprinted newspaper - aka - packing paper. No ink on the snakes, and when the snakes soil their bedding, they get completely changed - no spot cleaning here for me. I like knowing it's clean.

Pt ftw!!

Well is Aspen okay for breeding, because I heard that it causes hemipenes absesses. Will cypress not do that?

Alright dumb question...those of you that use paper towels, do you just put them in and spray them or leave them dry? Seems they would hold a ton of moisture, how do you check the humidity? How thick of a layer? I'm certain I'm over thinking this but please humor me :)

Cypress definitely one of my favs, newspaper for QT and youngins

I use the packing paper from Uhaul. It's basically newspaper with no print. I like it cause it's quick easy and clean and unlike newspaper every sheet is the same size so you know exactly how to fold each up for all your different tub sizes.


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Originally Posted by moonlightgdess

Alright dumb question...those of you that use paper towels, do you just put them in and spray them or leave them dry? Seems they would hold a ton of moisture, how do you check the humidity? How thick of a layer? I'm certain I'm over thinking this but please humor me :)

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One layer, dry and a good size water bowl:gj:

coconut husk chips

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Sani Chips FTW!!!!

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x2

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I use unprinted newspaper - aka - packing paper. No ink on the snakes, and when the snakes soil their bedding, they get completely changed - no spot cleaning here for me. I like knowing it's clean.

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Same here:D