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Posted by Finnigan on January 17, 2003 at 15:47:59:
In Reply to: Who here has lost a leo to impaction.... posted by Rick on January 17, 2003 at 01:14:06:
Said it many times before, I'll say it again:
Leo on (any) sand: chance of impaction due to substrate ingestion > 0
Leo on papertowel, repti-carpet: chance of impaction due to substrate ingestion = 0
Any questions?
Joel
: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?
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