snakes need maintaince. whether you have 1 or a dozen. its not fair to them to keep them in a cage and just be lazy about cleaning them.

i use the green carpet on some of mine. then have paper towels over that to help soak up messes. but still i have to take the stuff out, put in fresh paper towels, etc. you just can't "scrape off the crap". along with that is urates and well, just like people they have to elimate.

alot of people like aspen. you can get away with "spot cleaning" with something like that but still need to completly clean the tank occasionally.i also use newspaper. just easier and cheaper for me with 7 snakes. but still i have to change it. i would think any type of little pieces of tile would still cause bacterial between the tile. plus how would you like to lay on cool tile all the time.

sorry to sound rough but you got me going on being a lazy snake keeper. seriously, if you can't even keep the cage clean then what about handling...you have to handle it to keep it docile. not just throw it a mouse and leave it. you will have a bitting snake on your hands.

so just my 2 cents...p.s. i had a baby king. somehow it figured out how to get out and i found it dead outside. got run over. so be sure you have a very tight lid.

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