Quote Originally Posted by melcvt00 View Post
I am currently a month into using a bath towel in my 40gal glass tank. I was using cypress mulch.

So far, I have been happy. Makes it really easy to clean the tank frequently without lots of cost. I have also been putting a wet, folded washcloth on the hide under the CHE to bump up the humidity. Truthfully, the humidity has been holding better with this than using the mulch and misting at least once daily. Cheaper, too, because then I just throw the towel and rag in the wash once a week and rotate in a new set.
If you use this method instead of (paper towel or newspaper <----- which would be a lot better I think) I would wash it with bleach in your wash which hopefully you know to do. And then make sure it is rinsed real well to get the bleach out. I personally wouldn't do this. I like aspen, I change the aspen at the end of the month and clean and disinfect the tub ( and spot clean) it is not that expensive, I get a small block of it at Walmart in the pet dept. for three something. The towel would be better than reptile carpet at least if washed right. But still your snake is laying on pee on a towel. Where as the aspen soaks up the pee. When I used paper towel I would tear apart the sections and place it around everywhere, and that way I could pull up the sections that got soiled and put some new sections down. I like "choose a size" paper towels, still use them for our house needs. Then once a month I would still replace all the paper towel and clean the tank or tub. Instead of a wash cloth on the hide I lay Spanish or sphagnum moss on top of the hide and let it few strands hang over the opening of the hide a bit. I mist this real good when I need to mist my tub, and for some reason my snake never bothers or pushes off the moss. I also like fake plants, I mist them too and the tub inside lids.