It's up to you. I use carpet (actually Lizard Liner), I spot clean daily and switch out carpet weekly. The old piece is cleaned (hot soapy water), disinfected (with Nolvasan/Virosan) and dried for the next week. With wood chips (and other loose substrates) I think there is a possibility that you may not spot urates/feces as easily and can just as easily have your snake living in a less clean environment until you change out the substrate completely or happen upon the missed urates/feces later. Just my opinion. I also don't like the idea of feeding outside the cage - that's another reason I like the carpet.
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• Should I Swich from cage carpet to Wood Chips? N/P - bodab, Fri Jan 23 13:10:18 2004
• YES>>>> - JaredHorenstein, Fri Jan 23 21:54:15 2004
• RE: Should I Swich from cage carpet to Wood Chips? N/P - Tigergenesis, Sat Jan 24 12:36:40 2004