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05-Nov-06, 04:35 PM
|  | Mrs Greebo (almost) Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW Age/Gender: 31  | | |
Just wondering what everyone prefers as a substrate, both for looks and ease of cleaning.
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05-Nov-06, 04:55 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: QLD | | | |
news paper or butches paper.
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05-Nov-06, 05:04 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: brisbane Age: 26 | | | |
newspaper here as well. doesn't look the best but is easy to clean and safe for the snake
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05-Nov-06, 05:10 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Tamworth Gender:  | | | |
i got a green pvc doormat the other day from the warehouse, $8 , cut it to size , very nice and very very easy to clean
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05-Nov-06, 05:12 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Melbourne Age: 23 | | | |
im looking into marine carpet, anybody use it? i was wondering if it starts to look really bad when it's due for cleaning? stained etc? and does it wash clean after repeated use?
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05-Nov-06, 05:14 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: near Bundaberg QLD | | |
newspaper, just roll it up and throw it away.
cheap and easily accesable. 
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05-Nov-06, 05:15 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Tamworth Gender: | | | |
newpaper probably is the easiest, but alot of people want the interior of the enclosure to look as best as it can
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05-Nov-06, 05:18 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: The Well Of Souls (Victoria) Age/Gender: 36 | | | | Bunninngs outdoor carpet. I have two cuts for every enclosure. Makes it easy to do a change-over and then disinfect the dirty one.
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05-Nov-06, 05:24 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: out bush catching snakes | | | |
i used to use astro turff intill i seen one case where a snake took a crap and the grass cut the soft red tissue in side if its cloaca while it was pushing it out and it got all infected. the snake lived but not after a few trips to the vet.
now i just use news paper cleaner and easy to get rid of
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05-Nov-06, 05:25 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: out bush catching snakes | | | |
it really depends on what you want it for is the enclosure for show or is it just for u i use news paper for the above reasons but also my reptiles are just for me and the kids not for show
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05-Nov-06, 05:40 PM
| | Mrs Greebo (almost) Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW Age/Gender: 31 | | | |
Its just for me and the kids, but the enclosure is in the lounge room so I would like it to look nice. I was thinking of using sand (or fish tank gravel), but now I think I might try the outdoor carpet.
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05-Nov-06, 05:43 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: NSW Gender: | | | |
Breeders choice kitty litter is the way to go
you can by it in massive bags at coles or basically any where
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05-Nov-06, 05:43 PM
| | Mrs Greebo (almost) Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW Age/Gender: 31 | | | |
Nothing yet...i'm just getting everything set up. I'm getting a Stimson's.
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05-Nov-06, 05:54 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Melbourne Age: 23 | | | |
the sand can also get between the scales and cause irritation i think?
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05-Nov-06, 06:03 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs Gender: | | | |
Newspaper is the go . You can pretty it up with some rocks and wood , water bowls etc . After a while you dont notice it and it is so easy to clean .
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