insted of calci sand as its soo damn expesive???????????????????
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can you use childrens sand pit sand for the bottom of a sneider skinks tank
grahammckay
Jan 16, 2004 12:51 PM
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zeteki
Jan 16, 2004 03:41 PM
Rinse it well to get rid of fine dust particles, and feed in a separate enclosure or from a shallow bowl so sand doesn't get ingested along with the food.
-Z
bdrichards
Jan 20, 2004 05:49 PM
I know a lot of people would say DO NOT use calci sand ... they claim it's safely digestible, but there's no real research to back that up ... check out the setups on this site ... aino tuomola is one of the few people i've heard of successfully breeding schneiders in captivity. Her setup uses washed play sand with divider and plain newspaper in the feeding area to avoid getting sand tracked into the feeding dishes.
aino tuomola's skink page
Colchicine
Jan 24, 2004 09:19 PM
Calci sand is a rip off, don't buy it.
I have used playground sand for my schnieder's.
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