Hi, I just recently acquired my first ever snake. He's a 9 month old Cal King and I believe they called him a black banded.

First, I was told to use paper towel as his substrate but looking online I see most people do not use that. Is it personal preference or is there a better substrate?

Secondly, I've been feeding him one mouse hopper every 5 days or so, should he be getting more? He doesn't seem to have any problem eating it so I'm sure he doesn't need less.

Finally, the second day I had him he musked on me while being handled and I kept getting mixed answers on whether that's a good or bad thing. Please enlighten me!

Thanks
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• Newbie Questions - Blueballoon87, Mon Mar 30 00:35:55 2009
• RE: Newbie Questions - wpglaeser2003, Mon Mar 30 08:28:32 2009
• RE: Newbie Questions - kingsnake1, Mon Mar 30 08:47:58 2009
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• RE: Newbie Questions - wpglaeser2003, Mon Mar 30 10:13:59 2009
• RE: Newbie Questions - Blueballoon87, Mon Mar 30 10:30:05 2009
• i use newspaper - snake_bit, Mon Mar 30 15:01:38 2009