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Another Substrate Question.

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WAS1

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At present I keep my snakes on corn cob granuals or beech chips.
The problem is my collection is growing rapidly (I now have them in a rack system) and a bag of beech chips cost around £5 ($7.50).
One bag does 1 snake. I find I spend more money on substrate, than on food.
I know some people just use plain old newspaper as flooring. While this would be ideal (and cheap), could the snakes be harmed in anyway by the newpaper ink? Is this non-toxic? or could there be a problem?
Your comments would be appreciated.
 
I use paper towels as substrate for my babies... And I am using Aspen for my juvenile. I thought I remember hearing that the corn cob substrate can get moldy if it gets wet or humid, but don't take my word 100%. I wouldn't want to use newspaper because I don't think it absorbs very well, nothing like paper towel! Paper toweling isn't that expensive either!
Scott
 
WAS1 said:
At present I keep my snakes on corn cob granuals or beech chips.
The problem is my collection is growing rapidly (I now have them in a rack system) and a bag of beech chips cost around £5 ($7.50).
One bag does 1 snake. I find I spend more money on substrate, than on food.
I know some people just use plain old newspaper as flooring. While this would be ideal (and cheap), could the snakes be harmed in anyway by the newpaper ink? Is this non-toxic? or could there be a problem?
Your comments would be appreciated.
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Newspaper is fine. The standard black and white newsprint is much better than colored and glossy pages.

Yes you can use paper towels for adults, but large corns tend to trash them quickly. Newpaper works much better for adults, IMO. :)
 
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