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I usually use aspen bedding in my boaphile cages, but recently switched to newspaper because I was moving and also getting 2 more snakes. My question is this, how is it possible to add humidity by misting when you use newspaper as substrate? doesn't it make the paper crinkle and ink bleed?
thanks,
Donna

Printer's ink is not water soluble. Yes the paper gets slightly crinkly, but the boas haven't complained yet!
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Caden Chapman
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I use newspaper (since aspen is hard to comeby here in Southern CA) more or less exclusively in my vision cages and have never had a shed problem. If one of the snakes is going into shed, I just grab the water spray bottle and give the newspaper a good spraying. The newspaper does "crinkle" after it dries up, but I've never had an issue with the newspaper ink bleeding from the sprayed water. I think my hands get more ink on them when I'm laying down the paper, than the snakes get on them.

Hope this helps.

Jay

You can use Paper towels instead. I like Bounty for my cages. And yes, I do line 4' cages with paper towels. Sure it costs a little more than newspaper but it looks nicer, is more absorbant and softer for the boas. Holds water well when misted too.
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Just watch areas under water bowls and hides as they can mold pretty easy sometimes,not sure what causes it from one time to the next but possibly something with dust spores from stored surplus. We age our newsprint several months before use.
Ink transfer to the animals is most often seen when useing "fresh" print over the aged stuff.

TnK