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why wouldn't rice be ok as a substrate?
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my animals
1.0.1 leopard gecko (goliath, gebco)
0.1 hypo red bearded dragon (puff the magic dragon)
0.0.1 schnieder's skink (ghandi)
0.0.1 white's dumpy treefrog (un-named)
1.0 house gecko (geico)
0.0.1 red eared slider (carl)
0.0.1 fire belly toad (escaped..)
1.0 lop eared wabbit (oreo)
1.1.too many to count, brown recluse (i think)
the rest of the animals in the hizouse
1.0 westie puppy (gabriel)
1.0 plain ol' outdoor alley cat (joey)
0.1 indoor rag doll kitty (tinkerbell)
2.0 goulian finchs

Put some rice in water for about two or three hours and then look at it again. It would in my opinion not be halthy for the beardie to ingest the rice and we all know that they will if you are feeding live prey or even if your not they still lick the ground occasionally and I would hate to see what would happen to them with growing rice pellets in thier tummy. Just my opinion.

Why not just get some duck shelf liner from wal-mart? It's easy to clean, reusable, and keeps the liquid part of the stools from absorbing into the substrate which could cause bacteria to grow creating a health risk. It really is the safest and easiest to clean and cheapest substrate I've ever used..... Again just my opinion.

Later,
Robert Wood
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I know you like to think that your $h1T don't stink but bend a lil closer see your roses still smell like poo poopoo
( OutKast )

i was just wondering why rice wouldn't be ok, i currently do use shelf liner, and i love it
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my animals
1.0.1 leopard gecko (goliath, gebco)
0.1 hypo red bearded dragon (puff the magic dragon)
0.0.1 schnieder's skink (ghandi)
0.1 white's dumpy treefrog (un-named)
1.0 house gecko (geico)
0.0.1 red eared slider (carl)
0.0.1 fire belly toad (escaped..)
1.0 lop eared wabbit (oreo)
1.1.too many to count, brown recluse (i think)
the rest of the animals in the hizouse
1.0 westie puppy (gabriel)
1.0 plain ol' outdoor alley cat (joey)
0.1 indoor rag doll kitty (tinkerbell)
2.0 goulian finchs

Rice is...

A. hard as a rock
B. likely to expand to three times it's size

either way not good to be in a beardie's tummy.
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2.0 bearded dragons (Ocho / Domo-kun)
0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
1.0 ferret (Playstation)
1.0 cat (Wally)
0.1 dog (Tima)

Seems fine to me. Go put bran in water for a little while, tell me what happens. They both get mushy and gross..so i dont see yur point there. plus! if it gets mushy in the stomach liek you said..which you said wouldnt be good btw..why not? Seems pretty digestable to me. Also, on beautifuldragons.com, on their nutrition list, rice is listed as a food item. That seems like a really good idea to me, just like bran, it gets gross when wet and people still use bran. Besides, these are desert animals, how much water is present in their cages?
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Julie

0.2 Bearded Dragons
0.0.1 Panther Chameleon
1.0 Jackson Chameleon
0.2 Leopard Geckos
1.1 Crested Geckos
1.0 Blue Water Dragon
1.2 Japanese Fire Belly Newts
1.1 Aquatic Frogs
0.1 Collared Lizard
4.4 Seahorses
0.1 Chinchilla
1.0 Dog