I have just been told by a friend of mine that breeds and keeps ball pythons that news print is not safe to keep your snake on. I was told the snake can get ink poisioning and respiratory infections from printed newspaper. I find this a little disturbing because I have always used printed newspaper for my snakes without any issues. I have contacted my newspaper company by email to see what kind of ink they do use. I need to give a little bit of time before I get a resposne since I just sent them an email about five minutes ago. I feel like a dork for even asking this question but I am very curious.