I used to use newspaper but it was staining my snakes bellys and wasn't hugely attractive and tried paper towel but one of my girls pees like there's no tomorrow and it was turning to paper mâché and sticking to her in clumps.

I've used carpet for a couple of years and had no problems, it's removed and washed and replaced with a clean piece each time it's pee'd or pooped on. Each piece is washed in a baby disinfectant intended for sanitising baby bottles and the like and fully dried before being reused. I've not had any health or any other kinds of problems since I started using the carpets and my boys actually seemed much happier since I started using it. Plus it's far more absorbent for little miss pees a lot than the news paper or paper towels where