Substrate / Water changes.. how often?

[nevohraalnavnoj]

I am curious how often you guys are changing substrate and water? I replace the water daily and every 3-4 days I wash the bowls. As for substrate, I use shredded aspen. I spot clean daily and once every two weeks I change out the aspen and do a full tub cleaning.

Is this often enough? too often? I have 9 ball pythons right now so its not a hassle but once my collection explodes I will be looking for ideas to make the whole process quicker.

Also, I save any aspen that is not wet for my rats. Does anyone see a problem with that?

Thanks!

Richard

Substrate: It depends on what you use. I use newspaper and change it every time they poop/pee. This is more work than spot cleaning with aspen. Aspen should be swapped out completely every couple months (someone with experience, please chime in on an exact figure). Two weeks seems too frequent.

Water: No need to change it everyday unless they soil it. I do a complete swap out with clean inserts once every 7 days (or immediately if they soil it).

Hope that helps!

JonV