Type of preferred substrate

[Ghost68]

What is your preferred substrate for your bp and why?

[gaitedappy]

I use the coconut because I buy the bricks and my adult male acts different when I put him on anything else.

[Mr. Misha]

^ I do the same thing. I buy a brick of coco husk. I like it because it keeps my humidity on point in my terrariums. Haven't had any problems with mold either and that's pretty important to me.

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[Jhill001]

I mix coco husk and Cyprus mulch.

[PitOnTheProwl]

I love my paper towels but moving everyone to aspen for the ease of spot cleaning VS the amount of paper towels I am using now.
All the hatchlings will still start out on paper.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Several, depends a few things mainly age and activity.

For example

Hatchings. Juvies and adult at rest are kept on Aspen

Females being paired are kept on newspaper (Substrate sometimes gets in the wrong places and it can have bad consequences)

Once they ovulate females are place on Cypress (This way if I do not catch the eggs right away, the eggs stay nice and plump because of the humidity level)

[hazzaram]

I use paper towels for my bp's. Easy clean up and they tend to go underneath it, so it acts as another hide. For my rainbow boa, I use cypress mulch.

[scalrtn]

I use Kraft Indented Paper from ULine for both of my snakes. I had heard paper towels could be trouble if accidentally ingested. I cut my paper to precisely fit the cage bottoms. Easy to maintain/dispose/replace and provides consistent/manageable/monitored bottom heat at the hot spot.

[Cbean]

paper towels for me, bugs and mites dont like paper towels so that why i like it I had my first mite problem a couple months ago, I will stick to paper towels forever now because its easy to see anything abnormal.

[BCS]

Unprinted news paper for me. It is great because it is free (for me at least) and the BPs can use it as a hide. It is also easy to see the messes and clean up. It doesn't mold if water is spilled on it. Shavings and dirt do not get all over the floor while cleaning the tubs. It is odorless. The only down fall is is that if I have an active BP (which I do) they mess up their paper almost daily which requires constant maintenance.