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HannahB
The Corn Snake Moderator

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Posted - 08/08/2009 :  15:44:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i read on the substrate sticky thread that shredded paper can be used as a substrate.. iv just shredded a tonne of paper in my shredder and want to use it but am a bit concerned that mont could get cut or the ink will affect him..

am i worrying over nothing?

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devilsmistress
Yearling

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Posted - 08/08/2009 :  16:57:37  Show Profile  Click to see devilsmistress's MSN Messenger address  Send devilsmistress a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
The breeder I got Bam from used sheets of newspaper, (not shedded) and I did for a few weeks. Alot of people use it with no problems, so I dont think there wold be one. Just make sure the water bowl is not over filled so it gets the paper wet!
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HannahB
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Posted - 08/08/2009 :  17:03:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
thanks

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Flatpack63
Hatchling

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Posted - 08/08/2009 :  17:53:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I used shredded paper for a long time (until I aquired a sack of aspen)
It was easy to maintain and rizla loved to tunnel through it.
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HannahB
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Posted - 08/08/2009 :  18:05:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
oh cool.. mont isnt into tunnelling or burrowing (lazy snake!) but ive got tonnes of the stuff so will use that when the aspen runs out for a while

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Brookestar
Fully Grown Corn

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Posted - 08/08/2009 :  18:08:15  Show Profile  Click to see Brookestar's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
you may find mont gets into burrowing with the papers
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HannahB
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Posted - 08/08/2009 :  18:14:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
yeah i hope he does.. ive seen him do it once and even then he only buried the last 3rd of his body..hes so lazy its untrue!

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Posted - 08/08/2009 :  21:05:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
both my corn and my milk burrow in wood chips!!!
0.0.1 - carolina corn snake
0.0.1 - royal python
0.1.0 - honduran milk snake
1.0.0 - mexican black king snake
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HannahB
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Posted - 08/08/2009 :  21:11:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
no one likes a show off

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gingerpony
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Posted - 08/08/2009 :  22:31:36  Show Profile  Click to see gingerpony's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by HannahB

am i worrying over nothing?

yes!

(as the author of the subtrate sticky )
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos

Location:Leeds/York/Selby area
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HannahB
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Posted - 08/08/2009 :  22:41:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i did read that (honest) lol

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hillzi
The Lost boy.

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Posted - 08/08/2009 :  23:54:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Darren your snakes must be 'ard; in mine's warm end I use chippings and in the cool end I use Aspen. it's about 4-1 inches tall and it loves to burrow in that! I level it off, he burrows and makes loads of funky tunnels. Yet since I made the chips so thin leveled off, he can't really burrow in them



Paper, hardly the eco-friendliest but cheap, and easy to clean!

20p Sun would go a while in a snakes tank though...
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