Paper towels for hatchlings and small juvies.



Newspaper for large juvies/sub-adults/adults.



Pros: Easily changed and replaced, no chance of impaction, as sanitary as you are going to get with reptiles in my opinion. When the substrate is soiled the entire sheet is thrown away, cage rinsed down, new paper replaced. No cleaning/soaking of substrate/carpets needed.. just replace as needed.



Cons: Ugly for those interested in nice looking setups. Crix can crawl under paper and cause dragons not to find food to eat and you have to be careful they are removed at night to protect your dragons.



We've used sand, bran, kraft paper, liner, nothing, and reptile carpet. Newspaper still in our opinion offers the most sanitized way of housing your dragon unless you are able to constantly remove and replace liner and new reptile carpet. This holds especially true for hatchlings that go all day long.



brandon
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Dragons by Nature

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