I love the idea of a soil box. I have my beardies on the non slip shelf liners also but since they love to dig, I put bran boxes in their enclosures. Problem solved. They love the bran boxes. Now I have a problem with my two Saharan's. They were purchased from Doug Dix who highly recommends using millet seed as a substrate. That was great and all in the beginning, but now that they are both brumating I have to check them everyday and removed lodged seeds from their mouths. One uro had such a nasy indentation in his lower lip from a seed that I could actually see his teeth. It was like a hole in his mouth at the very tip. It the size of a millet seed and he could stick his tongue out through the hole.



So my hubby and I removed the seed from the area where they sleep and we put down the shelf liner. I don't think they are too happy about it but what else could we do? Now I think we should try the soil in the box. Do you have any photos of your soil box? I'd love to see them if you do.



Thanks,

Veronica
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• Some opinions/thoughts on soil and a possible intermediate alternative - georgio, Fri Dec 12 00:12:00 2003
• Peter.... - veronicag, Fri Dec 12 11:27:38 2003