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I see alot of people with just news paper in there tank, I use cypress mulch. Whats the difference and why would use it instead of repi bark or cypress?
Thanks

PURE LAZYNESS!!!! =) J/K, dont kill me. Alot a people use it for sanitary reasons, if it gets soiled, just remove and replace. Alot easier especially if you have quite a few boas. I use cypress myself as well and it can be a pain to keep up with when you have numerous boas, always having to spot clean and replace.... Jon
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1.1.1 breeding pair blue tongue skinks w/ juv. offspring
1.0.0 Juv. Albino Bullfrog
0.0.2 Giant Pixie Frog (one juv. and one adult)
1.1.0 Clawed frogs
1.1.0 Albino Clawed frogs
0.0.1 Superlight juv Sulcatta
0.0.2 Fly river turtles
0.0.2 Savannah Monitors (one pastel)
0.2.0 juv pastel Columbian boas
1.1.0 monster pink pastel columbian boas
1.2.0 Hypo Hog boas
1.0.0 Hypo boa
1.1.0 Hypo boa babies, Poss. DH sunglow
0.2.0 Hypo poss. DH sunglow
1.0.0 Coral albino boa (my baby)
and
1.2.0 Pomeranians (the wifes babies)

I use cypress in my vivariums and pine for my tubs in the rack (brb's though). (Breeders) For the people who have to many snakes it is just not simply feasible to take every boa out and transfer them to a feeding tub or play with every snake every week. So using newspaper it is easily visible when soiled, they can eat inside their enclosure without the risk of swallowing substrate I would imagine and it is easily attainable. Of course then they are down sides to newspaper so choose what's best for you and your animals.
Bob

i prefer newspaper b/c i find it gives the males something to do after they've bred to the females.
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0.1 BCI- Pheobe

I find Pheobe to be the most agreeable female I have ever come across. Dinner is cheap, she never wants to eat out, she can't talk, she's deaf and she doesn't care if I see other women.

I have a lot of snakes and paper substrate is soo easy to check and clean. If soiled, simply roll up and replace it. I went through a time where I used newspaper only and found many of the same drawbacks. Mainly stained snakes. I since have added a layer of dimpled craft paper on top and for the most part the snakes now don't come in contact with the newspaper. My arger cages use two pieces so if soiled at one end, I only replace that end.

Oh yeah, I get the dimpled craft paper from uline.com in 24" wide rolls and cut it to length. I cut it a bit oversize so it goes up the sides of the cage. All my snakes seem to leave their deposits right along the wall and with the paper liner going up the wall, NO POOP on cage at all!!!! WOOHOO!!

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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
19.29 BRB
13.18 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats