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Peat Moss for top soil? good or bad?
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Rydair

0.0.1 Savanna Monitor (Were guessing girl)
0.0.1 Painted Turtal
0.0.1 Red Eared Slider
1.0.0 Hampster
1.1.0 Parakeets
1.0.0 Ferret
0.1.0 African Clawed Frog
0.1.0 Cat
15 assorted fish
all in the bedroom of a 17 year old girl

I am assuming by your list at the bottom you would be using it for your sav? In that case definatly not. Go with soil, it would be much better.

Steve

Why not? Is it bad or just not the best i need facts cause i allready bought it and shes allready using it...and yes I mean my monitor since I am in fact on the monitor forum...
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Rydair

0.0.1 Savanna Monitor (Were guessing girl)
0.0.1 Painted Turtal
0.0.1 Red Eared Slider
1.0.0 Hampster
1.1.0 Parakeets
1.0.0 Ferret
0.1.0 African Clawed Frog
0.1.0 Cat
15 assorted fish
all in the bedroom of a 17 year old girl

I also bought some peatmoss, I just mixed it with playsand and topsoil. My box turtles, skink and tartantula use it.
For my monitors, I use dirt.
Peatmoss tends to dry out too fast for my taste.
It is your lizard, do as you will. I just had a load of pea gravel dumped in my driveway.
I already paid for it and I will use it for what it is intended for. I will pay more money for the proper substrate for the animals I keep. After all, I pay a whole $6 a ton for dirt if I haul it myself.

Scott
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

Peat is from bogs. Savanah monitors don't live in bogs. They need a soil that is similar to what they are used too. The pH of peat is acidic, plain dirt is free and works better. Dirt will require you to do some work finding the right stuff but the work is worth it when you get it right.

Steve