Re: Sulcata bedding question

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Posted by EJ on November 15, 2000 at 01:20:01:

In Reply to: Sulcata bedding question posted by SouthernRocker on November 14, 2000 at 19:42:29:

I use an indoor/outdoor carpeting with a velvet texture. About $3.00 a sq yd. I use this for my hatchlings to about 3 years. If you cut spare panels you can wash one and install another. Clean by soaking in a bleech solution and sun dry. Use the hay in a corner as a hiding spot or use shredded newspaper.

: I have had my little sulcatas for about 6 months. I have tried Rabbit pellets(which gave them respatory disease), pain old timothy hay(which gave them respatory disease even though I changed it often), carefresh(which they seemed to enjoy eating), and currently have them on aspen and a little separate section of hay. What I have been whitnessing is that the two torts walk over to the hay, take some in their mouths, walk back over to the aspen and burry it. Then I see them dig it up and eat it also consoming some of the aspen as they do this. I swear to the lord himself that my torts have been doing this. I have been observing it for the past 2 weeks and it is really worrying me. I currently house them in an altered 40gallon breeder but am planning to build them a 4x8ft tort table. I have been planning to use orchard grass hay as bedding but am concerned that it might a give them respatory disease as timothy had. I just want whats best for them and I have the hundreds of dollars in vetbills, food bills, etc to prove it. Please let me know thanks and sorry for the long post
: Southern Rocker

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: I use an indoor/outdoor carpeting with a velvet texture. About $3.00 a sq yd. I use this for my hatchlings to about 3 years. If you cut spare panels you can wash one and install another. Clean by soaking in a bleech solution and sun dry. Use the hay in a corner as a hiding spot or use shredded newspaper. : : : I have had my little sulcatas for about 6 months. I have tried Rabbit pellets(which gave them respatory disease), pain old timothy hay(which gave them respatory disease even though I changed it often), carefresh(which they seemed to enjoy eating), and currently have them on aspen and a little separate section of hay. What I have been whitnessing is that the two torts walk over to the hay, take some in their mouths, walk back over to the aspen and burry it. Then I see them dig it up and eat it also consoming some of the aspen as they do this. I swear to the lord himself that my torts have been doing this. I have been observing it for the past 2 weeks and it is really worrying me. I currently house them in an altered 40gallon breeder but am planning to build them a 4x8ft tort table. I have been planning to use orchard grass hay as bedding but am concerned that it might a give them respatory disease as timothy had. I just want whats best for them and I have the hundreds of dollars in vetbills, food bills, etc to prove it. Please let me know thanks and sorry for the long post : : Southern Rocker

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