I just recently bought my guy some playsand. After checking a bunch of stores in my town I ended up driving an hour out of town to go to a toys r us and a home depot. all of the bags had silica warnings on them, even the one from toys r us...except for the one at home depot. (it's natural washed and screened playsand)I guess my question is this: how do I know if it is actually harmful...I read some posts from a while back and someone said that the silica warnings are a thing of the past..that all play sand is washed and screened. I'm just curious b/c if that's the case..I can buy his sand closer to home. so should I just make sure it's washed and screened, even if it has the silica warning on it? which I ended up buying 2 bags at home depot so I wouldn't have to go back for a while. I can definitely tell my guy is loving his sand! and I'm loving the no hassle cleaning!!..LOL

another question that I have is my guy is 16" long.I'm not sure how much he weighs but I am looking into getting a scale soon. I am currently feeding him 3 lives meals a day..which is about 15-20 crickets per feeding. he also is eating his green very well. should I cut a feeding out now b/c I don't want to overfeed him. also when he sheds or is about to I do notice a slight drop in him wanting to eat..I think I read that this was normal and just want to be sure. one last thing..he still has a small piece of shed skin on his head..right between the eyes..it's been on there for over a week now..it looks like it could just flake off but I've rubbed his head softly and it didn't come off..should I be concerned at all about it? thanks ya'll!

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• sand and feeding question - shannon20019, Mon Oct 1 18:47:08 2007
• RE: sand and feeding question - BDlvr, Mon Oct 1 19:05:53 2007