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Toaddiggers
at Tue Jun 8 08:58:03 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Toaddiggers ]
Johnny, I use the sphagnum moss also, but my hognose collection
is rather small, so I don't even use a nesting box. My females will attempt to dig a nest when they are getting ready to lay, so I just move them to a container with the moss. It calms them down and they usually lay the next day. I just brush the excess moss off the eggs, but I doubt that it matters.
You make a good point when you say you use pure sphagnum moss, as a friend of mine bought some at a garden nursery and it was treated with some kind of chemical. It killed a few of his geckos before he figured it out.
I was in the garden section of one of the big stores and grabbed a bag of vermiculite, but read the label, and was surprised that it had some Miracle Grow additive. I don't want any additives, just the pure product.
Wendell
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