Substrate - opinions

[Emjay]

What, in everyone's opinion, is the perfect substrate material?

[Pythonman14]

for what??? it vary's on the species of reptile or amphibian
but for royals i love cypress mulch aspen is okay but prefer cypress
and with corns i don't really have a favrite i either use aspen or cypress then those are the only two species that i keep that i have enough exprence with to share info on what is my favrite substrate

[oakelm]

Did use aspen for most of mine until I realised I was paying a fortune when I sat down and worked it out. Most are now on unprinted newspaper or shredded paper. Only switch a few days ago but the young corns seem to love the shredded paper. But as said if it is a lizard or frog then would go for something completely different so depends what species we are talking about.

[Emjay]

Sorry should have said, for bearded dragons! Everyone I ask says something different!

[pegleg]

Hi emjay,
I have asked similar question in habitat,wether to use sand or tiles,no answer up till now,bit of a teaser actually,I like the idea of tiles,but not sure about fixing etc.
I'll be watching for answers to your post as well now.

[Emjay]

Reptile carpet seems good, but don't think spot cleaning would be very easy. Large woodchips seem widely used...?

[Rodders]

Well I have leos and their substrates are similar to BDs I believe. I use ceramic tiles! No impaction risks etc easy to clean and look good. If you have worries about fitting them all you need to do is get one set size, see how many you can fit in, then just mark out how long/ wide the tiles need to be in order to fit tightly and cut them with a tile cutter!