I use newspaper myself for that just because it tends to stay more tented and easier to remove to clean, etc. I've found it a great trick to help a shy snake settle in, a nervous baby BP start feeling safe enough to eat and once upon a time, an extremely aggressive 1,900 plus gram female who couldn't calm down enough to even use her hides. It's a great little trick, costs nothing, isn't that much extra cleaning and heck always worth a try I figure. One thing is don't just suddenly remove the srunched up paper product. Better to remove a few pieces a week until you can be sure the snake is settling in fine without it.