Views on sand as substrate

**Julie&brad** · #31 12-02-2004, 01:05 PM

I agree! I mean, we use to use sand when we didnt know the risks but now we do. I would just hate to know I put them back on sand and knew the risks and something happen to them. Then it would be our fault!

jobuddha · #32 12-20-2004, 12:37 PM

I used wheat bran when I first got my BD's. The stuff was easy to get and cheap (50 pound bag for about $6 at feed store). The problem was the mold. The wheat bran is great at hiding the feces and keeping it completely clean became a problem. I have since switched to sand and have no problmes with using sand as a substrate. This being said, I feed my BD's on a plate and never leave uneaten food in the cage.

**Julie&brad** · #33 12-20-2004, 01:25 PM

To each ther own!!! I just choose not to use sand!! But your right about the wheat bran hiding the feces. Its like a scavenger hunt, but we clean it often and seem to get evrythign out!!

**KrokadilyanGuy3** · #34 12-20-2004, 07:39 PM

I was thinking about this a few days ago and realized no is has discussed the different types of sand out there. Like Playsand, from what I remember is very fine and is easily compacted when wet. I believe a lot of playsand is also made with silica, which isn't good in it's own sense. Sand from the beach is just as fine. The sand I use are parts of lime stone and slate, My source from a River in Oklahoma and it does not clump together when moist or wet and I have no doubt that it works for my animals. Most of the said documents, I would imagine being playsand since that is the easiest source of sand to obtain and being said, I would understand how an animal would become impacted.
Zane


Everything Above Disappears When You log In Or Register!

Direct Navigation
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264