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A while ago I read up nasr_36's idea on naturalistic vivaria. I am toying with an idea he had about placing irregular slate pieces down over bed-a-beast, covering most of the bed-a-beast. Instead of his 75% coverage, I was thinking around 85-90% coverage with the tiles. I feed my leo by hand every day so it's not like he'd be swiping down at the bed-a-beast to eat, but I was just wondering how dangerous would it be to injest any of that ground coconut stuff? I know they say it's 100% safe.. but they say that about calci sand too, lol.

read the thread about sand that's just a little ways down in the forum...

Yea but in my mind.. there's a huge difference between ground rock, and crushed coconut husk.

I know...it was just saying that the sand isn't dangerous as long as they aren't eating it...I think it's the same for the coconut bark...except that sand is more natural for them.

I actually said to put slate pieces over sand, not coco husk (the cocohusk was for the background idea). But, i dont see why it shouldnt be done if you cover up all the spaces.

While they do say its digestable, imo, it isnt. Coco husk can clog inside the organs of leos when swallowed by large amounts. A small amount however, can pass through easily. But youd still want to cover up every nook and cranny over your substrate.

M.N