Bedding issues and a question

[Stefan-A]

Check the temperature and the humidity. Provide additional hides, including a humid hide. Cover 3 out of 4 sides of the enclosure. The temperature may be off, the humidity may be off, or the snake may be feeling insecure and exposed. Or it might be something else, but they don't burrow for fun.

As far as substrates go, newspaper is in my opinion more practical than paper towels and carpet starts to smell. As far as carefresh (and paper pellets) goes, I'm never going back to using that crap.

[d_virginiana]

Check the temperature and the humidity. Provide additional hides, including a humid hide. Cover 3 out of 4 sides of the enclosure. The temperature may be off, the humidity may be off, or the snake may be feeling insecure and exposed. Or it might be something else, but they don't burrow for fun.

As far as substrates go, newspaper is in my opinion more practical than paper towels and carpet starts to smell. As far as carefresh (and paper pellets) goes, I'm never going back to using that crap.

I might give the newspaper a try then... Less expensive than the carpet anyways. I'm thinking a lot of it is where her mouth never quite went back to its usual shape after the mouth infection she had last Christmas. I've noticed that when the dust gets stuck on her mouth she can't tongue-flick until I swab it away. Maybe she's not willing to be out in the open when she can't smell/taste her surroundings well?
I'm changing her tank and substrate tomorrow (just moved the 50 gallon in tonight) so I'll see if she hides less when she doesn't have dust on her face.

[Stefan-A]

I might give the newspaper a try then... Less expensive than the carpet anyways.

Try them all, find the one that annoys you and the snake the least.

[d_virginiana]

Tried the newspaper, AND moved her up to a 50 gallon.... Then moved my frog to her old 10 gallon. All at like 3am. It was a fun night.
She seems to like it alright. I covered half the floorspace in fake ivy and plants before I ran out. It's kind of cute how she'll go to the edge of her little 'jungle' and peep out at the second half of the tank. Going out to get more stuff for it today so she can utilize the whole tank.

So far, I'm a fan of the paper for her at least.