Best substrate for breeding tubs?

I've been using Sani-chips for my tubs. Sani-chips were recommended to me because they aren't as dusty, but LadyOhh (and others) have mentioned that sometimes the chips can get wedged up into the male's vent after breeding, and the sharp edges of the cut aspen can lead to Big Problems. I don't want Big Problems, so I've been keeping my breeding pairs on paper.

But wow, keeping tubs clean with paper is a PAIN IN THE NECK.

So what are my alternatives? What are people using for their breeding pairs? Are shredded aspen or cypress safer than the Sani-chips? Do you recommend a particular brand?

Yeah. Sanichips can get stuck in vents and to hemipenes.

For breeding tubs, I use newspaper.

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Bounty or Brawny paper towels

It's only a hassle if you don't like cleaning every few days or daily, lol.
I like the fact it makes you keep on top of it, no substrate to hide the nastiness :gj:

I use paper towels in all my tubs

I use carpet in all my tubs. I have lots of extras and just throw them in a bucket when soiled. When I get a whole load, I throw them in the washing machine with bleach. Easy as pie and cheaper than non reusable substrate.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Bounty or Brawny paper towels

It's only a hassle if you don't like cleaning every few days or daily, lol.

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OMG. And you know how breeding pairs are: you put them in the nice clean tub and someone IMMEDIATELY take a giant dump. Every. Time.

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Originally Posted by Ladybugzcrunch

I use carpet in all my tubs. I have lots of extras and just throw them in a bucket when soiled. When I get a whole load, I throw them in the washing machine with bleach. Easy as pie and cheaper than non reusable substrate.

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I like the recyclable aspect! But my husband has a thing about Bad Smells in the house. :P It's the main reason I'm not allowed to have a cat, he can't stand kitty litter smell. And I bet that used carpet bucket is RIPE.

For my burmese I use outdoor carpet easy to clean and helps with the shedding started using it for my breeding pairs seems to work.

I use newspaper. It's easy and doesn't get stuck in places.

I use Kraft Bogus paper in all of our adult racks, breeding or not. It is thicker than newspaper.

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Originally Posted by loonunit

OMG. And you know how breeding pairs are: you put them in the nice clean tub and someone IMMEDIATELY take a giant dump. Every. Time.

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My feelings exactly, except, all of my animals like to take a giant poop right after I change them, not just my breeding pairs hahaha. It's almost as if it is intentional sometimes. Jerks. hahahaha

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Originally Posted by loonunit

I like the recyclable aspect! But my husband has a thing about Bad Smells in the house. :P It's the main reason I'm not allowed to have a cat, he can't stand kitty litter smell. And I bet that used carpet bucket is RIPE.

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I just keep it in a $2.50 home depot 5 gallon bucket with lid. The lid keeps the smell in. Then at the end of the week when it is all full and ready to wash I clean out my newt tank with the bucket which consequently cleans out the bucket. A little bleach and walla; clean and smell free. P.S. Don't leave the lid off the bucket though:P

I have been using paper towels for substrate for the few months that I've had BP's. Seems to work good so far but they are still pretty young and do not make much of a mess.

Paper, for all the tubs. I have it cut to the size and hanging from a nail on the wall. So, i put my gloves, take out the snake, take out the poop and the paper, desinfect with spray, dry it out, put on the new paper and back the snake. It´s like making a bigmac. Done in a minute.

Newspaper. For the same reasons Jerry mentioned^.

Unprinted newspaper. I buy 2000 ft. Rolls of the stuff.

Thanks for the responses, everyone.

I use newspaper in my tubs.

We use corrugated Kraft paper. Clean and safe for the BP during mating and when they do their business it absorbs really well.

I use paper towels for my all my tubs except in the winter time I use a ashen cypress mix to hello with the lack of humidity via the heaters but breeding tubs get paper towels

I used paper for years. Year round not just for breeding. I would buy the un printed packaging paper from Uhaul. Its about 9.00 a box, I want to say around 250 sheets. It comes in an orange and white box. I recently had to sell off my whole ball python collection, but I am not able to get back into it. I just picked up a Freedom breeder rack. But the tubs I ordered have the cup holders in them. So Im going to have to change back to some kind of aspen. But anyways the Uhaul paper I used for maybe 7 to 10 years. the only problem I had was when they would tip over their water bowls.