newspaper

[bulldog herp]

Ok so i usually don't do much for the holidays, i used to live in the mountains of Utah well that another forum. I think i will spend this holiday, cleaning my snake enclosures and what not. My question is this, i read peoples forum post about the use of newspaper as a substrate and i was thinking of switching to it, i however thought it was un used newsprint like rolls and what not, well its not its just newspaper. How can the use of used C store, gas station newspaper be at all sanitary and how can quarantining your animals for 90 days than putting them on old newspaper be beneficial seems like you spent 90 days making sure your animal wasn't sick to put him on something that can make it sick. Are the used newspaper put under uv light to kill bacteria or just used as i. I am as some of you know going thru an illness in my collection that i have all but licked, i let 1 snake near my collection that i new was sick and was sent back and i am $3000 wiser. Why is the use of bald newspaper a recommended substrate even with the potential if illness lurking. I did buy 1000 blank newspaper sheets on eBay for $22 and i really like how easy they are to use. By the way reptilescan.com has changed my life its the best $25 program in the world check it out, it was just recommended to me.

[bcr229]

IIRC newspaper gets fairly hot during the printing process, which is why it is "clean".

Personally I prefer using the NY Times, as the paper itself is of a heavier weight than the Washington Post or my little local newspaper so it doesn't tear under the weight of retic poop, and the sheets are larger.

[wolfy-hound]

Newspaper is pretty clean, actually. No one is advocating you go collect newspapers from bathroom floors, after all. I get mine from a delivery person, so they've never been anywhere. I've used newspapers from my friends, who read them and stacked them up for recycling in a container in their home.

I don't understand how you think a newspaper is unclean, actually. Do you think that wood shavings are somehow sterilized? Cocofiber? It's handled about the same amount, and both are made from trees or coconut husks that have been crawled on or handled by all sorts of things.

What could be on a newspaper to infect a python? Shoot, I remember hearing EMT type training people saying that in an emergency, you could use newspaper to wrap a newborn baby in, if you have no blankets or towels in a situation. If it's good enough for a newborn human, I think my snake is okay with it too.

[Caspian]

I work at a local Newspaper. It all depends on the press used. The press that the company I work for uses does NOT get the paper hot, and the ink is a soy-based, water-soluble ink that sits in the machine collecting dust and bacteria, exposed to everything around it before ending up on the paper - it's in trays that are never entirely cleaned. It comes off on everything, and is really very dirty. I would never use printed newspaper for my snakes. I use the un-printed end rolls, which are far more sanitary.

[bulldog herp]

Newspaper is pretty clean, actually. No one is advocating you go collect newspapers from bathroom floors, after all. I get mine from a delivery person, so they've never been anywhere. I've used newspapers from my friends, who read them and stacked them up for recycling in a container in their home.

I don't understand how you think a newspaper is unclean, actually. Do you think that wood shavings are somehow sterilized? Cocofiber? It's handled about the same amount, and both are made from trees or coconut husks that have been crawled on or handled by all sorts of things.

What could be on a newspaper to infect a python? Shoot, I remember hearing EMT type training people saying that in an emergency, you could use newspaper to wrap a newborn baby in, if you have no blankets or towels in a situation. If it's good enough for a newborn human, I think my snake is okay with it too.

I would have to say that in my opinion its full of germs, its handled by numerous people, its in contact with 100 of people, its thrown in the back of a persons car or a truck. As far as the bagged stuff you buy in a store, i guess its like buying animals from a reputable breeder you trust them. Do i think the newspaper people are intentionally infecting there newspaper, no do i think it more likely to be un sanitary then a product that is produced and bagged yes

[bulldog herp]

direct from the press i think its clean maybe from 7-11 or hagi mart no way

[bulldog herp]

let me take my clothes off when i enter the house, and scrub my body before i enter my snake room. Oh while i am here let me put new used newspaper in the cages. Sorry guys i am a bit bitter, i spent money on the best things, i bought from reputable breeders, i used hand sanitizer i fogged with f10. I got 2 dead snakes and a huge bill. I walk into a pet store and see amazon tree boa with stuck shed, stuck eye caps in a little cage and it was eating, i still can't get my sick now cured snakes to eat

[Asherah]

What does newspaper have to do with the sick snake that you allowed near your collection that made your other snakes sick????

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[Bcycling]

Ok, I use newspaper because it's here and that makes it free. No I don't have thousands of dollars in snakes, but until I see something showing that a snake caught something from newspaper it's the route I will take. I think with anything there will be some germs on it. Just an example would be some of the products women use, everyone thinks they are sanitary, but news flash they are not. Bacteria is everywhere and it's just part of the balance. If something gets out of balance that's when issues arise. This is just my thought on it, not trying to burn bridges, just what I currently think on the topic.

[bulldog herp]

What does newspaper have to do with the sick snake that you allowed near your collection that made your other snakes sick????

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It has everything to do with it, and the tone of your question is validating the question. I have to hear that not quarinting an animal from a very very popular breeder was irresponsible of me and it was my fault, put putting snakes on filthy newspaper is ok and don't tell me newspaper is sanitary, maybe we can use it for napkins, it will help the eRth