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View Poll Results: Which substrate/bedding do you prefer?

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  • Aspen Bedding

    26 63.41%
  • Sani Chips

    3 7.32%
  • Bark Chips

    0 0%
  • Cypress Mulch

    12 29.27%
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    Talking Poll: Which substrate/bedding do you prefer?

    This counts for all colubrids, pythons, and boas. I pretty much just listed the ones that they can all be on. Which do you prefer, and why do you prefer using it? I'm just looking for new substrate that I can use with all of my snakes (colubrids, pythons, and a boa) and is safe, as well as low maintenance (not a pain to spot clean and clean up).
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    Re: Poll: Which substrate/bedding do you prefer?

    none, i use paper towels, easier to clean and cheaper!
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    Re: Poll: Which substrate/bedding do you prefer?

    I use aspen over paper front half and the back half is just paper, easier to control the warm side temps with a consistent depth paper compared to bunched up substrate. Half and half is cheaper then full aspen....
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    Re: Poll: Which substrate/bedding do you prefer?

    I don't use any of the substrates that you put in the poll. I use newspaper for the subsrtate.

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    Re: Poll: Which substrate/bedding do you prefer?

    I went ahead and voted cypress mulch however, I only use it in my big display cage. Everything else, I use paper towels. I think this is probably one of the best substrates to use.

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    Re: Poll: Which substrate/bedding do you prefer?

    I've tried em all.

    Yet I keep coming back to Kraft Paper.

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    Re: Poll: Which substrate/bedding do you prefer?

    I use newspaper...
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    Re: Poll: Which substrate/bedding do you prefer?

    I checked aspen cause that's what I use for my colubrids. BUT For my BPs I use brown paper for the adults and paper towel for the "kids"
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    Re: Poll: Which substrate/bedding do you prefer?

    Newspaper, and occasionally paper towels for hatchlings. I tried aspen, and it was just a big pain in the butt.
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    Re: Poll: Which substrate/bedding do you prefer?

    I use newspaper

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