My russian is a little over 2 years old and has been on newspaper for mot of his life, and I just never liked it.
Too many problems for too little gain. Its dehydrating, gave no support for his legs (he slipps all over the place), looks like hell, etc.
And since I'm not adverse to a little more maintenance, I added the standard sand/bed-a-beast misture to his pen.

And now the dope is trying to EAT it!


I covered the sand with a layer of timothy hay to try to hide the sand. But he's still finding little corners here and there. I've been watching him all last night and this morning...trying to keep him from eating it...

I also added ANOTHER cuttlefish bone and dusted his food a little more than normal in case he's just looking for extra minerals.


What else can I do to try to keep him from eating it?
Or am I gonna have to trash the whole project?
He seems to love the new ground, but I'm really scared of impactions...

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