What about real sand?

Posted by Lisa on January 14, 2001 at 19:56:02:

In Reply to: bad use of money... posted by Niki on January 14, 2001 at 13:02:21:

Real sand is alot finer than calci sand and it has no dyes. Have there been any problems by people using this?

: Calci sand is pricey which is fine, except it is
: not needed for tortoises. They shouldn't be eating
: it for vitamin D, because they should be getting that
: from some other source. And I have seen testimonials
: from people that have had torotises eat it and
: literally filled their bellies with it, visible
: on X-rays even. Not good. Also, I feel that sand
: is abrasive, and then there are the dyes to worry
: about. If the sulcata is in something small enough
: to fill with calci-sand and not spend $100 bills,
: then save the money for a bigger set up instead.
: I wouldn't dump 200 plus pounds of it into my
: tank for the money.

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: Real sand is alot finer than calci sand and it has no dyes. Have there been any problems by people using this? : : Calci sand is pricey which is fine, except it is : : not needed for tortoises. They shouldn't be eating : : it for vitamin D, because they should be getting that : : from some other source. And I have seen testimonials : : from people that have had torotises eat it and : : literally filled their bellies with it, visible : : on X-rays even. Not good. Also, I feel that sand : : is abrasive, and then there are the dyes to worry : : about. If the sulcata is in something small enough : : to fill with calci-sand and not spend $100 bills, : : then save the money for a bigger set up instead. : : I wouldn't dump 200 plus pounds of it into my : : tank for the money.

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