A few more answers .

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Posted by Travis on March 16, 2002 at 13:09:57:

In Reply to: Re: A few answers ... posted by Pepijn on March 16, 2002 at 10:21:34:

"These rescues I reffered two are yearlings, the sand is as ground soil, aiding in humidity, and the wood chips are larger then their mouth can open. Food is provided in a seperate dish. Ingestion would be diffucult for them. I know that for adults this would not work. "

If there are big pieces there are little pieces . Also even the dust from the bark can cause a respiratory problem . Sand is sand . They taste it and taste some more .Believe me until you see an impaction cleaned out you would not belive what these guys will eat . I have seen bark , sand , a pen cap , rabbit pellets and one gum ball . The point being why take the chance ? Think of it like you would a house . How much sand you get in your carpet depends on where you live . If you live on the beach your going to have sand in your carpet . But if you live inland your not going to right ?

"Those floors you suggest might be clinical enough, but what with different substrate types? In nature thay don't have paper towels and the likes either, so why do they require it? Only to facilitate easier cleaning?"

You are correct they do have this in the wild . In the wild they can and do ROAM . In a cage they have nowhere to go so they " Taste " the same things over and over thus greatly increasing the chances for these type of problems . We are trying to give them something better then nature offers . So we use what is safer for them . The fact that it makes our job easier is just a bonus .

Travis

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: "These rescues I reffered two are yearlings, the sand is as ground soil, aiding in humidity, and the wood chips are larger then their mouth can open. Food is provided in a seperate dish. Ingestion would be diffucult for them. I know that for adults this would not work. " : If there are big pieces there are little pieces . Also even the dust from the bark can cause a respiratory problem . Sand is sand . They taste it and taste some more .Believe me until you see an impaction cleaned out you would not belive what these guys will eat . I have seen bark , sand , a pen cap , rabbit pellets and one gum ball . The point being why take the chance ? Think of it like you would a house . How much sand you get in your carpet depends on where you live . If you live on the beach your going to have sand in your carpet . But if you live inland your not going to right ? : "Those floors you suggest might be clinical enough, but what with different substrate types? In nature thay don't have paper towels and the likes either, so why do they require it? Only to facilitate easier cleaning?" : You are correct they do have this in the wild . In the wild they can and do ROAM . In a cage they have nowhere to go so they " Taste " the same things over and over thus greatly increasing the chances for these type of problems . We are trying to give them something better then nature offers . So we use what is safer for them . The fact that it makes our job easier is just a bonus . : : Travis

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