What do you think of the "ground limestone"?
Cyndy
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 10:11:40 -0800 Julie Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> Rick brings up a good point. Using sand can be dangerous. One of the
> problems is if your leopard gecko becomes ill, one of the first
> things
> they do is start gobbling down the substrate. If they were in their
> natural enviroment, this would probably benefit them as there is
> stuff
> in the natural substrate with nutrients. In captivity most people do
> not
> pick this up until it is too late.
>
> It is also a matter of what the gecko is used to and how old it is.
> Putting a young leopard on sand or anything else that could be
> ingested
> is foolish. I had a customer put one of my healthy babies on
> bed-a-beast, it was ingested and the gecko died. Another went
> against my
> advice, used bed-a-beast with a young leo and it got the bed a beast
> in
> its eye, got an eye infection!
>
> As far as calci-sand, I do not recommend it. Too coarse, too many
> know
> cases of impaction.
>
> Julie Bergman
> http://www.geckoranch.com
> paper towel user!
>
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