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rtboaman · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2003, 04:34 PM

Ok, so ive been using cypress for the bedding of my Red tail and at 20.oo im looking to go cheaper, say Newspaper.

Now I can use just the paper I get at home everyday right? And particular section..maybe sports? HAHA

Ok seriously. with the newspaper and me misting her 2x a day. how does the humidity do with paper and how does the paper do with misting...soggy?

thanks all

thomasito · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2003, 04:47 PM

Well newspaper is cheaper also better it's easier to clean up!!My boas like to go under the newspaper so i use 2 bedding .. As for the humidity i can't help you with that ..

Bry · #3 (**permalink**) 10-10-2003, 06:29 PM

Well, on the east coast, you can buy 2 cubic foot bags at Lowe's or Home Depot for $2 a bag. However, since it's an eastern tree, it's much harder to find here. I use aspen mulch, which I got from a local mom-and-pop garden shop for $3 for a 2 cubic foot bag. But, since I scoop the mulch from a big pile, sometimes they don't care and charge me $1, or just let me take the bag for free. I don't know if it's available on the west coast, but you can always look at the local mom-and-pop garden shops. You could also look for Eucalyptus mulch. Cedar mulch is pretty much the most common mulch found in the west, but obviously, you can't use that. Just look around for the small garden shops that sell mulches, they'll usually have something.

Bry

rtboaman · #4 (**permalink**) 10-10-2003, 07:33 PM

Wow. that never even occured to me. mmm just basic mulch from lowes or Home depot? or like the cypress I get now

BoxerBlaze · #5 (**permalink**) 10-10-2003, 07:34 PM

how about using hay anyone ever try it or any reasons why not to use it

eddie · #6 (**permalink**) 10-10-2003, 07:35 PM

Either way, the paper will do fine, just avoid colored sections, like sales flyers and the sunday comics.

As for humidity, paper doesn't hold it too well so extra misting, water bowl under a lamp or above a UTH, etc. is needed.

If you use one of the dial gauge hygrometers.. don't believe its' reading..
Get a good one, say a digital and use it.

Bry · #7 (**permalink**) 10-10-2003, 07:45 PM

rtboaman...yeah, just basic mulch. Just as long as it's not cedar or pine.

Bry

rtboaman · #8 (**permalink**) 10-10-2003, 08:06 PM

ok thanks guys

LdyDrgn · #9 (**permalink**) 10-10-2003, 09:11 PM

Or redwood! The key here is to NOT use any mulch from an evergreen type of tree.

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