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markg
at Fri Sep 17 10:53:59 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]
If the snake has adequate food, water, temps, hiding ability and humidity that it would likely see in the wild, then he is happy, no matter what the substrate is, as long as the substrate poses no irritation to the animal.
I used to frown on sand of any kind. Too heavy, gets everywhere. Then I tried it on a rosy boa and a sand boa. I found that it conducts heat wonderfully, far better than aspen, but it doesn't have the light-weight and absorbency of aspen. Still, I have 2 cages with sand (one has Calci, one has Repti-sand) and the snakes are doing great (after a few years on it). Of course, rosies aren't hoggies, so you'll have to see for yourself.
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Mark 
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RE: Naturalistic Enclosures - markg, Fri Sep 17 10:53:59 2004