I keep my babies on children's playsand.... Paper towels till they are 2 - 3 weeks old and then onto sand.



No problems yet (Knock on wood)





>>like said if its jsut a young dragon under 10-12 inches stick to papertowels or butcher paper as a substrate, sand can cause impaction in small dragons, it can cause it in large dragons also, but if you must use it, washed childrens playsand is the way to go, make sure you sift out all the large peices.

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>>>>no, you dont want to use silica. that is much worse if ingested then just normal sand...

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>>>>also if you are talking about a substrate for babies (under 6months) you should be sticking to paper as a substrate. not to say you would have a problem, but if sand is ingested for a young dragon it can lead to much bigger problems then older/adults

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