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ive been using newspaper for a while and all the sudden it started to stain my bp's belly, has anyone had this happen before?
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jake
my addiction:
1.1? normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
0.1? amelenistic corn snake (zyklon)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
hybrid breeders association
hybrid haven
Sure, it can happen. Especially when the newspaper gets wet & the snake roots around in it. The dark newsprint looks worse on my lighter colored snakes. Unfortunately, my leucistic texas rat tends to get the paper everywhere and usually into the water dish. The stain does not seem to last, however. Duffy
The ink is soy-based and harmless, but will often bleed onto animals if they come into contact with it while damp, especially if you do not age the paper for a couple of weeks prior to use.
If you live close to a newspaper production facility, they will often give you the end rolls for free, or charge a small fee for such. End rolls have several hundred yards of unprinted paper left on them, as they must stop running rolls befoer the paper runs out,leaving quite a bit. I have been usingthese for years and all they ask is that I returnb the spools whenever I finish using all the paper. asy enough, as I simply returmn the old spools whenever I returmn for more end rolls...
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947
My fingers are blind today!
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947
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