newspaper substrate

hey guys, just wondering how often people with newspaper substrate change the paper in the enclosure. i just switched over to it for the time being, and have been changing it about every other day. does this seem about right?

I change mine every time they poop or pee...out of 13 tubs I probably do two/three per day on average. As they get older they'll slow down a bit. It's a pain to clean, but gotta keep em healthy!

JonV

thats about what i thought. when i first put it in, i let it go for about 4 days, and when i opened the tank it was the worst smelling since i bought the snake.

Change mine whenever they have pee'd or poo'd and I check them 3x day. This morning I changed 4 tubs and 2 cages and fresh water for everyone. Most mornings it's fresh water for every one and 3-4 tubs.
I don't understand why you let the snake go for 4 days without fresh water? Maybe I'm not reading it correctly....

I think he meant he didn't change the paper for four days, not the water. I change on average once a week, to twice a week. Water is checked every day.
For me it turns into a "as needed" or at least once a week. Some snakes keep nice clean paper, and don't tip over the water, or poo on it for a long time. But once a week, everything gets changed anyway. If they tip the water over, or poo, then it gets changed.

I change mine everytime they make a mess. Or even tip their water over. Most of the time about once a week. I just switched from newspaper to unprinted paper that I get from Uhaul. It comes in boxes of 140 sheets or so for like 8.00 maybe 9.00. Ive been told that its ok to use printed newspaper. I have a friend that works for one of the local papers. He said some of the toners and inks are really bad. He has a friend that does something with the printing and he said most of the inks and toners. Have biohazard stickers on them. Thats why I switched to unprinted. Is printed good or bad I dont really know. Ive used both and have not noticed any thing weird going on with the snakes. But unprinted makes me feel better.

I totally agree ^^^
I use kraft paper from U-Line. Thanks for sharing that so others might think about this :gj:

I use unprinted as well...much cleaner and safer. Mine is from Harmony Business Supplies - 12" wide blank newsprint roll with 1,750' on it for $26 shipped. I got the roll about a year ago and have barely made a dent in it...and I use it under the aspen in all my enclosures. :)

I use normal newspaper. No issues.

I change the paper every time i see urin or poop. other than that, they generally get changed every week if there has been no poop or pee in the past week.

I clean and put fresh water in the bowls every 5 days, but check to make sure the water is clean and full daily. Lots of people change the water daily, but lots, including me don't.

I love using newspaper.

Tubs are checked at a minimum of three times a day...morning, afternoon, and right before bed. Whenever I see a dirty cage which could count as a tipped water bowl (very rare), pee, or poo the cage is cleaned.

I have used it before but I like papertowls better! I would change when anyone deficated or they got too wet from spraying or something like that.

i use unprinted newspaper. i called my local newspaper inquiring, and they told me they have "butt rolls" which are the end of the newsprint rolls that they don't use. took four home for free, tons of blank newsprint.

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Originally Posted by starmom

Change mine whenever they have pee'd or poo'd and I check them 3x day. This morning I changed 4 tubs and 2 cages and fresh water for everyone. Most mornings it's fresh water for every one and 3-4 tubs.
I don't understand why you let the snake go for 4 days without fresh water? Maybe I'm not reading it correctly....

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yea, i just didn't change the paper. water is changed daily.


anyway, thanks for the input guys

I refuse to use anything but newspaper now, U noe exactly wen it gets dirty, and its easy, cheap and quick.

I used aspen for a long time and now after seeing how much he pees, i get grossed out thinking about using aspen cause its hard to see the pee to clean it out.