A New "Substrate!"

So I heard from another member on this site about this recycled newspaper/cage liner that is nice and thick and more eye pleasing than newspaper but when I tried to order it they would not ship to Canada. Anyhow I got thinking and I decided to buy "Scott Shop Towels" and see if they would work as a good enclosure liner. I am so happy!

This stuff is basically superduper thick and heavy papertowel that doesn't make lint. It's 100% recycled cardboard and non-toxic! Just thought Id share. Its nice and soft too and my bp sure is loving it (and by loving it I mean pooing on it ha)

Nice find! :gj:

is there a hazard to the snake by using printed newspaper, or is it just not as eye pleasing?

Other than getting dirty-looking ink smudges on light colored snakes, there's no hazards at all to using plain ol' printed newspaper. :)

The shop towels sound nice, though! :gj:

You can also buy the equivalent of unprinted newspaper (I'm sick of ink on the snake's bellies) at Home Depot or Lowes. It's sheets of packing paper that's found in storage with the cardboard boxes for moving. I picked up two boxes the other day. Creative folding and it works great!

Thats what I was looking for here, but I cant seem to find it:( Maybe Im just not looking hard enough. But anyway I really like this stuff, the only weird thing about it is that its baby blue! Its cute though. I can order it online in white but the blue is fine for 55 sheets costing $2.

That interesting, I might be making the switch over to something like Paper towels or unprinted newsprint. Aspen is holding too much humidity for me liking.

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Originally Posted by missi182

Thats what I was looking for here, but I cant seem to find it:( Maybe Im just not looking hard enough. But anyway I really like this stuff, the only weird thing about it is that its baby blue! Its cute though. I can order it online in white but the blue is fine for 55 sheets costing $2.

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Well, the Home Depot people didn't really know what I was asking about - but once I told them I was looking for it where the packing boxes are kept, they led me right to that area. It's a long flat box, the sheets are folded into thirds, so it's a long thin box that hold 145 sheets, probably about yay high (I know you can't see my fingers - so about 4 inches tall).

I understand that Lowes also carries it.

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Originally Posted by Brimstone111888

That interesting, I might be making the switch over to something like Paper towels or unprinted newsprint. Aspen is holding too much humidity for me liking.

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You're lucky you get more then enough humidity.:D

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Originally Posted by _Venom_

You're lucky you get more then enough humidity.:D

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I know most people don't have this problem. In the community I live in, I live right next to a lake with a huge fountain(probably shoots water 30-50 feet in the air), so the humidity around here is ALWAYS above 75% and with it getting close to summer humidity will most likely be around 90-100% daily.:(

I'm a bit worried on how I will keep humidty down in the summer too.

I have some desert inverts that will get diseases from too much humidity.

You have any tricks?
Besides sand

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Originally Posted by _Venom_

I'm a bit worried on how I will keep humidty down in the summer too.

I have some desert inverts that will get diseases from too much humidity.

You have any tricks?
Besides sand

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Heat lamps dry out the air inside the enclosures like nobody's business. And a fan in the room circulating the air will help as well. As well as making sure that water sources are small (as little surface area as you can get away with) and kept as far from the heat source as possible. You can also buy a de-humidifier for the room.

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Originally Posted by _Venom_

I'm a bit worried on how I will keep humidty down in the summer too.

I have some desert inverts that will get diseases from too much humidity.

You have any tricks?
Besides sand

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A dehumidifier in the room would help. You just need to empty the resovoir as it fills.

Where I live it's just the opposite, yesterday was 12% humidity.

Heat lamps or Ceramic heat emmiters will do the job for sure! Great advice has been given, dehumidifiers will also do the trick, if you have to, try a combination of both:)

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Originally Posted by rabernet

You can also buy the equivalent of unprinted newspaper (I'm sick of ink on the snake's bellies) at Home Depot or Lowes. It's sheets of packing paper that's found in storage with the cardboard boxes for moving. I picked up two boxes the other day. Creative folding and it works great!

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And keep in mind that if there is a local newspaper in town, you can usually go to their printing office and get the ends of the newspaper rolls for free. We did this for awhile while using newspaper. The paper is happy to give it out as they then don't have to pay to recycle it and you get a nice roll of plain newsprint paper. You'll still have to cut it to size but at least it's free...and free is always good!

Awesome, I did not know that:) Free is wonderfull!!

yep those towels are heavy duty man SUPER absorbent, when i cut my arm fixin the house i used that till i got to the ER. worked like a charm

good post I had been wondering if those shop towels would be a good substrate. I think I am going get some now.