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#1775777
Lazzo01
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Substrate question 
Im mixing my own or planning to with sand and top soil all organic but the problen is will small amounts of perlite hurt my Columbian Tegu?
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06/27/08 05:09pm
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#1776566
Reptictale92
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Message To: Lazzo01 In reference to Message Id: 1775777
Substrate question
dirt mix with sand is the best substance for digging. Nothing organic unless you plan on growing plants in the cage as well.
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06/28/08 01:45pm
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#1776895
Lazzo01
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Message To: Reptictale92 In reference to Message Id: 1776566
Substrate question
what i can get ahold of around my rinky dink town is a top soil organic potting mix I was going to filter alot of it out. however Im at a loss as to where I can get just dirt(besides digging) good clean sand I have I even have some peat moss around. Is there a certain brand of soil that most use I may can order it? Thank you for the reply my Tegu is in a forest subrate of small pieces of bark rite now but I have read that being able to dig burrows would be better for him
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06/28/08 07:51pm
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#1779176
Reptictale92
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Message To: Lazzo01 In reference to Message Id: 1776895
Substrate question
Peat moss is not good, but would do mix with sand.
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06/30/08 10:57pm
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#1779571
Mike S
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Message To: Reptictale92 In reference to Message Id: 1779176
Substrate question
I agree with repticale on everything but the organic part ... YOU DEFFLY want to go organic, organic means there are no pesticides and bullsh*t in it ... anything else will have toxins that are harmful and possibly deadly if it gets ingested too much!
And deffly do NOT use peat moss ... very stringy and clumpy when wet (inside the body) and is NOT digestable ... which WILL cause impaction.
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07/01/08 12:03pm
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#1780442
Lazzo01
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Message To: Mike S In reference to Message Id: 1779571
Substrate question
I finaly found a good mix of soil filtered out the big stuff and mixed with a bit of sand to help clum so he could burrow better no peat moss was used.(its organic without natural compost) thnx for all the advice.
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07/02/08 10:34am
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#1781161
Mike S
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Message To: Lazzo01 In reference to Message Id: 1780442
Substrate question
Im not a fan of sand ... especially if that is the substrate that he eats on (even if he eats from a bowl).. there is always a chance of ingestion and as we all know, when wet ... sand clumps
Just keep that in mind :)
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07/02/08 10:41pm
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#1781393
Lazzo01
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Message To: Mike S In reference to Message Id: 1781161
Substrate question
Of course, but small amounts of sand shouldnt hurt and especially since its mixed with a much larger amount of clean soil.:)
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07/03/08 07:19am
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