Is a substrate really necessary?

[satomi325]

Honestly, having a paper substrate doesn't feel much different from the tub surface. My snakes tend to go under their newspaper and sit on the tub plastic anyway. However, I keep newspaper to catch poo and absorb pee. If you've ever cleaned urates, they are pretty difficult to scrub by hand once they're dried to the plastic. I'd rather have my snakes get their urates and poo stuck to the newspaper.......

Not the same but my friend decided to go the route of no bedding and/or litter in his ferret cage. Bathed the poor thing everyday instead because nothing was there to absorb the pee. Ended up giving the ferret to me after 6 months

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So nasty!!! I need to have the entire caged covered in bedding or else my guys would just crap everywhere. The breeding seems to prevent them from going in random spots and stick to the litter box.

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