Frankly I didn't mind using aspen substrate when Snickers was younger but now she is well over 2 years old and is still growing rapidly.(2 months ago she weighed roughly 580 grams and now she weighs roughly 740 grams)

Snickers seems to still poop as often as she always did but she just poos larger amounts at once. Her urates are becoming more difficult to clean though. There is always the large ones that are easy to spot but there is also tiny ones that blend in with the aspen substrate that are difficult to spot.

Snickers has always had her entire tank cleaned once a month but the older/bigger she gets we sometimes find her tank to smell even after spot cleaning out the urates a few days after the big cleaning.

We already have to use paper towels in Snickers tank anyway when she eats(we cover her aspen substrate with paper towels before offering her F/T prey with a grabber because we don't want her to accidentally swallow substrate and become impacted)

Is paper towels easier?