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Gregg_M_Madden
at Tue Nov 8 21:26:46 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Gregg_M_Madden ]
I do not think anyone who actually knows what they are doing would recommend walnut shell substrate for any reptile.
As far as sand/soil not being clean goes, you have a bunch to learn there as well. There is nothing beneficial about keeping reptiles in clinical conditions. The fact is, soil/sand mixtures can be much "cleaner" and healthier for your reptiles.
We have had our varanid collection set up on natural bio-active substrates for many years without doing a single spot cleaning or cage break down. Uneaten food and waste is broken down by good bacterias and a veriety of insect and isopod life living in the soil. I started using it with a couple of pairs of hognose snakes last season and it is working out quite well. This season the pairs are mature enough to breed so it will be cool to see some breeding and egg laying in a natural enclosure.
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