We have successfully used pine shavings (Not the actual sawdust...the bigger stuff sold in stores) for over 5 years with all of our reptiles without any problems whatsoever.



What is better to use? Sand? Bare tank bottom? Paper towel?



Pine shavings are inexpensive, easy to maintain, soft for our reptile friends, if ingested it's much easier for them to digest and spit out than sand, and it's not as dusty as you think...I would say sand is dustier.



You can argue with me forever whether this is the right method or not but so far we have had absolutely no problems due to pine shavings. Cedar is not recommended because the particle content is toxic to reptiles...if you have any documentation or proof that pine shavings will cause illness or death in my reptiles...I will stop using it immediately but until then...



I'm sticking with the best substrate we've found...
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Chris



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• I'm putting my FOOT DOWN about all this substrate talk!!! - grimdog, Sun Dec 28 16:13:03 2003
• What exactly is this shelfliner? - Gunilla, Sun Dec 28 16:26:50 2003
• RE: What exactly is this shelfliner? - grimdog, Sun Dec 28 16:33:39 2003
• We found those too at Walmart, but the one from Dollar General - CheriS, Sun Dec 28 17:07:26 2003
• Hm... - Gunilla, Mon Dec 29 03:08:27 2003
• RE: What exactly is this shelfliner? - Mattman, Sun Dec 28 20:17:35 2003
• Thats the brand we use, but I went for the marbled color - CheriS, Sun Dec 28 21:08:12 2003
• Meg has the green marbled ones LOL - Mattman, Sun Dec 28 21:10:15 2003
• RE: What exactly is this shelfliner? - LdyPayne, Mon Dec 29 11:33:31 2003
• Sorry, I'm for pine shavings all the way...n/p - cv768, Sun Dec 28 16:43:23 2003
• Heck why not go for the cedar it smells better!!!! - grimdog, Sun Dec 28 18:46:23 2003
• Nope...we've been doing it for years... - cv768, Mon Dec 29 01:04:53 2003
• RE: Nope...we've been doing it for years... - grimdog, Mon Dec 29 07:24:07 2003
• RE: Nope...we've been doing it for years... - LdyPayne, Mon Dec 29 11:27:42 2003
• RE: Nope...we've been doing it for years... - Melle, Mon Dec 29 11:29:00 2003
• pine shavings killed Kinta........... - reiko, Mon Dec 29 13:29:20 2003
• sani chips are aspen i beleive............ - reiko, Mon Dec 29 13:32:06 2003
• Your Wrong! and watch were you put that foot... you have a large dog! - CheriS, Sun Dec 28 17:01:44 2003
• Cheri don't believe a word she tells you - grimdog, Sun Dec 28 20:38:25 2003
• Haha, I think we could keep a pet shrink busy! (more) - CheriS, Sun Dec 28 21:05:32 2003
• HeHe I should have kept it a secret, and marketed it LOL - Mattman, Sun Dec 28 20:25:21 2003
• RE: HeHe I should have kept it a secret, and marketed it LOL - grimdog, Sun Dec 28 20:32:52 2003
• RE: HeHe I should have kept it a secret, and marketed it LOL - Mattman, Sun Dec 28 20:57:07 2003
• Grimdog, we use baby wipes (unscented) to spot clean and - CheriS, Sun Dec 28 21:13:33 2003
• Cheri - Mattman, Sun Dec 28 21:25:31 2003
• Cheri the Duck brand also comes in 20in. widths NP - Mattman, Sun Dec 28 21:29:31 2003
• IT was the walmart band we got for the - CheriS, Mon Dec 29 00:06:03 2003
• Whatever you do don't put it in the dishwasher!! I did and - brdfreak, Mon Dec 29 08:26:30 2003