right now i have my black throat on coconut shavings its good for not letting bacteria grow but his poop goes strait through it he doesnt poop in his water like hes supposed to so can i use backyard dirt if i cook it in the oven to get rid of parasites ?
ive also heard that organic soil mixed with play sand or decomposed granite is good
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what else can i use for substrate?
RgK619
Nov 08, 2008 06:49 PM
Replies (5)
holygouda
Nov 08, 2008 07:04 PM
Perhaps you should reconsider giving advice to others when you have so many questions and are clearly inexperienced?
RgK619
Nov 08, 2008 07:07 PM
i know some stuff just not all of it can you help me or no?
SpyderPB6
Nov 08, 2008 08:41 PM
Period.
Search the forums and you'll have a 6 foot lizard in no time.
Mike.
robyn@ProExotics
Nov 08, 2008 11:40 PM
Use a good diggable soil. A very distant second choice would be cypress mulch. Zoo Med sells cypress as "Forest Floor", available in many pet shops. We sell large bags of cypress here on the classifieds. If you can't find it locally, you can still get it.
But soil is far and away the best choice. I would rather suspend my monitor with piano wire than keep it on the coco husk stuff.
Read our FAQ on soil at our site. Feel free to forget everything except for this part- "Find a soil locally available to you that works well for your monitor"
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robyn@proexotics.com
RgK619
Nov 08, 2008 11:55 PM
alright thank you im goign to buy a couple of bags tommorow i whant to get this straight before its to late i love my bt he has a great personality on him and it would be ashame if he didnt make it because of my ignorance .
