Reddit mentions: The best packaging newsprint

I've done some experimenting, trying things out for my etsy store more than Poshmark, and although I've happily settled on clear bag closed with a thank-you sticker for Poshmark/eBay clothes, I did like the look of using brown craft paper tied with rough twine (a roll of the paper and the twine can both be found at the dollar store). The paper made such nice creases! Tissue paper foils my best efforts and winds up looking like I am using my trash for wrapping paper.

During my last move, I had those big paper sheets for wrapping glasses, fragiles, etc. Like these: https://www.amazon.com/Packing-Paper-Large-Bundle-White/dp/B00MR7VY2W

I know I didn't pay more than $10 at Walmart, and while I was packing whenever I sold something I was just grabbing those to wrap around the item and it was GREAT. So much more substantial than tissue paper or even nice gift wrap.

I feel the lure of those adorable polymailers but until/unless this sales drought ends, I'm not ordering them. I do use white polymailers now and always scrawl a message on the outside using silver sharpie (or whatever color sharpie I come across when all the silver ones have vanished). I am exactly the kind of person who would sit around and doodle drawings all over polymailers to keep my hands busy while watching a movie or something, and if I ever get to a place in my life again where I don't have a stack of things that need my hands at all times, I will probably DIY a bunch of them one night :)

1- Why in the name of all that is holy are you using neosporin on a reptile? It's hardly effective in mammals and does jack all for reptiles but make them greasy and screw with normal sheds. Don't use petroleum based products on reptiles, except in eyes. I know hobbyists like to use neosporin and other OTC ointments but they just don't have any research proving they do anything more than grease up the reptile (which then leads to screwed up shedding, which leads to a whole host of other issues).

2- Call ASPCA poison control, but don't be too surprised if they have to call a university and get back to you. In the meantime, using diluted povidone iodine (weak coffee color with tap water) or diluted chlorhexidine solution to wash the area.

3- Call the vet for a refill of silvadine. I see from your history that you have been to a vet for the burns, which is great. But it's better to just keep the area clean and dry rather than slather anything that isn't prescribed on it.

In general most topical analgesics or anything in the "-caine" class of drugs has poor to no research in reptiles. Research in reptiles is spotty and OTC products tend to have NO studies outside of mammals. Toxicities that are reported are for specific drugs that are used as toxin agents for non-indigenous species control. Reptiles make poor drug research animals because of their seriously inconsistent surface and GI uptake times and species variations.

Honestly, the absolute best way to treat burns is to follow the antibiotic course the vet prescribed. Keep him in a container using paper towels or non-inked newspaper (you can get this off amazon). Clean the wounds as directed by the vet and only apply ointment prescribed. Silvadine works great for burns, but understand this is going to be a many many months recovery. Anything petroleum based is going to make the upcoming sheds harder than necessary and sheds in the next few months to a year are going to be hard anyway. Keep a huge stock of either chlorhexidine or povidone and paper towels or clean paper for cage substrate until you have achieved a normal shed and the wounds have completely healed. If you have previously used heat rocks or heat pads, toss them for extra lights. You really really want to control the temperature in the direction of burns as any new scar tissue or skin is going to have very poor innervation (nerve sensation) and will be more prone to added injury from heat sources.

I like using newsprint weight paper for printing my foundations. I had been using Carol Doak's product, but I stumbled across this ream of newsprint on Amazon. It's five times the amount of paper, for less than double the price of the Carol Doak paper. I'm going to order this next time I need some.

I haven't shipped any out, but when I moved I taped the bigger ones between two pieces of really thick/rigid board (greyboard, actually, leftover from bookbinding projects). I used a bit of double-sided tape to secure it to the center of the "sandwich", and some normal tape around the edges to tension it shut. I can't remember if I used bubble wrap, but they probably ended up in boxes with other craft stuff, separated by wads of crumpled paper (this kind).

I used to print practice tests for students on that paper to mimic the real test conditions. It's 30lb newsprint. This might work for you.

https://www.amazon.com/School-Smart-Newsprint-Drawing-Inches/dp/B0042SSUS0/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_229_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=XJ6P8CTC7EA0XG2EREQ5

I believe you're looking for "newsprint paper". Where are you located? Amazon.com caries a wide assortment of it.

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Has anyone experimented with packing paper? Amazon sells 10lb stock in oversized sheets that I imagine could be cut to fit manual feed on a home laser printer or ink jet. Maybe one could even print tabloid-sized copies on this stock at Kinko's. There's probably a risk of it tearing internally while printing, though.

I mean it's not black, but hey neither is the universe. Aviditi WP1830 Non-Abrasive Waxed Paper Roll, 1500' Length x 18" Width, Kraft https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BT4HSQU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_NHQIBbH2Q8P5B

You could buy some newsprint paper to print your fake newspaper clippings on:

https://www.amazon.com/School-Smart-Newsprint-Drawing-Inches/dp/B0042SSUS0/

Worked well for me.