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PHLdyPayne
at Sat Aug 18 12:27:07 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHLdyPayne ]
not every dragon put on calcium based sand will die of impaction...but they have a much higher risk. So some can have dragons on that stuff for the entire life of the dragon, and no problems. But some can be on it for a day and die due to impaction because of it. It all depends on the dragon.
Personally I don't use any loose substrate for my bearded dragons, why risk impaction when there are so many other non particulate substrates that are safe, easy to clean and just as colorful.
To me, even if Calcium sand was 100% perfectly safe no matter what, I wouldn't use it. Too bloody expensive. $8 for a 5 pound bag which I highly doubt would put much of a layer in my dragon's cage.. Probably would need close to 50 pounds to put an inch layer over my cage....and $80 even if I only do a complete change every couple months...is a waste of money. I can spend $20 on a 100'x3' roll of plastic table cloth which will last me a good year and its perfectly safe from ingesting, easy to spot clean and keep the cage clean. I just change it completely once a month, put a layer of paper towel underneath to provide padding and something to soak up any 'leaks' and tape down the edges to prevent the dragon or crickets getting underneath. Works really great.
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RE: ? about color - PHLdyPayne, Sat Aug 18 12:27:07 2007