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fine play sand?

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owen

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Hello.

I am aware that aspen is the best substrate for CS', but i think that white sand is much better looking. So I am just wondering is it safe for the snakes i know its safe for geckos so i assume its good for corns too. Please correct me if im wrong.
 
owen said:
Hello.

I am aware that aspen is the best substrate for CS', but i think that white sand is much better looking. So I am just wondering is it safe for the snakes i know its safe for geckos so i assume its good for corns too. Please correct me if im wrong.
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How attractive something is doesnt make it a good thing...

no sand is NOT suitable substrate for corn snakes... it may be for other reptiles, but NOT corns.

aspen is perfect for many reasons:
easy to spot clean
very cheap
if swallowed, it will usually pass thrugh the snake
and its NON-TOXIC!
 
Oh because i work at a pet store and today the owner put sand in the viv and i told him he shouldnt do it he should use aspen thanks.
 
I love aspen...looks nice, easy to get, inexpensive, easy to spot clean and smells "clean". =)
 
many geckos, including our first leopard, die because of 'sand being safe'. They ingest it and become impacted. I've stopped my local petshop using it after our gecko from there died but they actually listened when I told them why. Then a new employee set up a display viv for a corn with sand. I spoke to the manager, and he's ditched the sand for good. I've got excellent fish, guinea pigs and an african striped grass mouse from them over the years, the fact that we have a reationship built up helps, but it's good that some petshops are willing to listen. I'm hardly their biggest spending customer, but the manager does his best and is now my official favourite shopkeeper.
 
WHAT i thought sand was the ebst substrate for geckos?....what do u suggest then instead of sand reptile bark?
 
This should really be addressed on a gecko forum, but as you asked..........Leopards do best on non-particulate substrate such as slate or kitchen roll, I don't know about other geckos. Adults can be kept on wood chips, but there is always going to be risk of impaction. Calcisand etc are NOT safe at all. Again, check out some gecko forums.
 
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