Quote Originally Posted by wolfy-hound View Post
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