For what it's worth, paper towels are great substrate to use if you would like your snake to die a horrible death! Look how effective they are!
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...per-towels.jpg
You never know what a baby is going to try to eat, and that is true of animals of any species. I'd bet you anything this has happened even with animals that weren't being fed on paper towels.
