Who here has lost a leo to impaction....

Posted by Rick on January 17, 2003 at 01:14:06:

We hear a lot of lip service about how bad sand is but nobody really seems to have had any problems with it so far.
My vet comes to our herp club a couple times a year with his slide shows and he's never had any leos die of sand that I know of. Most of his leo necropsies show impaction of Reptile bark, walnut shells and twigs because they are not digestible.
I have had a female breeder die from vermiculite impaction and I've heard of one person that had a leo get impacted from that real fine ReptiSand because it clumps together. PlaySand and CalciSand do not do.
It's a disservice to everyone that ever asks about it to just keep passing on the same rhetoric. One guy even posted that his vet recommended sand. Mine does, too.
Anyone else actually know what they're talking about?

Follow Ups:

• Answer is still the same the second, third, fourth time.... Finnigan 01/17/03 (2)
  • papertowel, repti-carpet: chance of impaction >0 Herper 01/19/03 (1)
    • Never once. Finnigan 01/19/03 (0)
• Re: Who here has lost a leo to impaction.... geckogirl 01/17/03 (0)
• Was a second post of this really necessary? WaxWormFan 01/17/03 (4)
  • Really? Must be new math LOL! (Your fraction is upside down) Rick 01/17/03 (0)
  • Re: Was a second post of this really necessary? Nokinja 01/17/03 (2)
    • Fact WaxWormFan 01/17/03 (1)
      • No wonder you're confused, your "evidence" is irrelavent.... Herper 01/19/03 (0)
• yeah. embibble 01/17/03 (6)
  • Good point..... Rick 01/17/03 (5)
    • only if they're not getting enough? Fritz 01/17/03 (1)
      • You're absolutely right.... Herper 01/19/03 (0)
    • Re: Good point..... Nokinja 01/17/03 (1)
      • um... embibble 01/17/03 (0)
    • i agree that is so true! n/p gecko_gal 01/17/03 (0)

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