Bedding of Choice

[West Coast Jungle]

Daily news, my snakes like to keep informed

[LadyOhh]

Ahhh... Classy!

[BT41042]

Cypress Mulch....
BT

[Sputnik]

Aspen, newspaper & paper towels.... depends on the size of the bp being housed.

[Ginevive]

I use newspaper. I only use paper towels on hatchling BP"s. After a conversation with Adam a while back he told me about some nightmares regarding swallowing of paper towels, he sat in on a surgery where the paper towel caused an impaction. Paper towels are so absorbent and tough they do not break down like newspaper and can cause some serious problems if swallowed. I followed his recommendations and only use them on small BP's which could never swallow them. I used to swear by paper towels but I would rather learn from someone else's unfortunate personal experience.

I do the same thing, though I was unaware about the swallowing potential. I use newspaper for my adult snakes, and folded paper towels in the shoebox tubs of my youngsters. I don't have time for substrates that are loose and need to be cleaned and swept up. I like to crinkle the whole mess of a tub into one ball of paper and toss it out!

[Dill Reptiles]

I used to use aspen but i seemed to make to big of a mess with it when cleaning cages so now I use newspaper. A friend of mine was using SaniChips and had a breeder pin actually get some inside of his vent. The chips caused an infection and has practically destroyed all of his manhood. I would definitely stay away from that stuff after seeing his pin.

[mcbrayerreptiles]

I used to use aspen but i seemed to make to big of a mess with it when cleaning cages so now I use newspaper. A friend of mine was using SaniChips and had a breeder pin actually get some inside of his vent. The chips caused an infection and has practically destroyed all of his manhood. I would definitely stay away from that stuff after seeing his pin.

Thats the same reason I quit using aspen....My male albino got a piece of the aspen in his vent as well....fortunately I was able to remove it right away and he is still breeding.

[Hotshot]

where do you get the *aspen* from?

[Bruce Whitehead]

Newspaper all the way.

Tried aspen... too messy... tried repticarpet... too unsanitary.

Newspapers, fold em, toss em, wipe, rinse... lay down more paper.

Bruce

[Westcoast]

I recently switched to white paper towels. I keep a good eye on them during feeding . As adam mentioned I had a subadult strike and miss and had ahold of the towel and was going to eat it. If I had not been watching he would have. I had females lay on towels last year with no issues. I worry about eggs drying if not found in time ,I check tubs alot after POS! I like the convenience of towels!