a 7-8 foot male BCI, very healthy and active, will destroy the paper any way you lay it! lol ESPECIALLY in such a Small Cage !

Did you say he was just upgraded to something 24" wide? that is only 2'... he should be in something 4-6' wide minimum. How long and high is it?

I have taped the paper overlaps before, which works for animals not as active and not as large, but they still manage to get under the ends..

The best bet would be cage liners.. I use DCL. Once sheet, thick, absorbant, doesn't move..

You could also use Aspen.. which would probably be patted down a bit from the weight and not move around much.


take care, Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

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• larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 08:00:32 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - bcijoe, Mon Jun 6 09:12:53 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 09:23:34 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - bcijoe, Mon Jun 6 09:47:07 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - CBH, Mon Jun 6 09:58:00 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 10:50:59 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - bcijoe, Mon Jun 6 11:18:43 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 12:00:38 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - johnnyblazekfd, Mon Jun 6 19:03:54 2005
• You want to use... - bthacker, Mon Jun 6 11:45:02 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 10:44:24 2005
• Just one! - bcijoe, Mon Jun 6 11:21:57 2005
• try throwing in some wadded paper from the get go..> - PanamaRed, Mon Jun 6 12:55:38 2005
• I probably just stupid, but what does.... - Sunshine, Mon Jun 6 20:00:40 2005
• Dang It !!! A typo when I already confessed about stupidity. - Sunshine, Mon Jun 6 20:21:12 2005
• Disposable Cage Liner. np - rainbowsrus, Tue Jun 7 00:57:19 2005
• Oh...I was making that alot more complicated. - Sunshine, Tue Jun 7 21:04:35 2005
• ROFLOL..... - rainbowsrus, Tue Jun 7 23:07:05 2005
• You crack me up, Linda....... - Chris Olson, Tue Jun 7 19:24:24 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - kprime, Mon Jun 6 13:11:50 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 13:12:57 2005
• I don't remember that to be the case, and ... - bcijoe, Mon Jun 6 13:24:05 2005
• RE: I don't remember that to be the case, and ... - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 13:26:01 2005
• There you go... I wouldn't recommend the .. - bcijoe, Mon Jun 6 13:33:37 2005
• You are not using enough newspaper (MORE) - AbsoluteApril, Mon Jun 6 13:19:39 2005
• RE: You are not using enough newspaper (MORE) - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 13:22:30 2005
• oh and.. - AbsoluteApril, Mon Jun 6 13:23:04 2005
• RE: You are not using enough newspaper (MORE) - Fred Albury, Mon Jun 6 15:00:21 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 13:37:50 2005
• I just started using.... - Sunshine, Mon Jun 6 20:07:11 2005
• Other Cage Liners...More - Sarge2004, Mon Jun 6 23:03:20 2005
• THANK YOU !!!!! n/p - bcijoe, Wed Jun 8 10:57:26 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Wed Jun 15 09:01:19 2005