Crushed Walnut Shells

[BennBeardy]

Crushed Walnut Shells For Substrate-Yay? or Nay?

 

[nesta's mommy]

definitely a NAY!!!

walnut shells can cause impaction in beardies as they tend to lick things with their sticky tounges/grab some with their food supply.

 

[BennBeardy]

thanks alot.i have some but i have paper towel in with him
sence i was looking up on crushed wallnuts. He seems to be doing
Just great in there right now.

 

[nesta's mommy]

wonderful to hear! paper towels are great and so is newspaper! i used tile now and i'm so happy about it

 

[BennBeardy]

Id love to try tile but i think ill stick with paper towel for now
Is it true you can switch to play sand when they get older or is that
A Nay to?

 

[lukenukem83]

that's true, but i still recommend an easier substrate like tile because as he gets bigger, so will the tank. and the solid tile will be much easier to clean off than trying to dump a 70 gal tanks worth of sand, even once a month.

 

[klak1212]

Im going to recommend NON ADHESIVE Shelf Liner, this you can buy from WalMart or Home Depot/Lowes, basically alot of places. This has help up for me for most of Godzilla's life. Its pretty inexpensive, and will last forever, to clean it, just take it out and wipe it down with soap, and let it air dry, done! TIP: If you chose this substrate, buy 2 Shelf Liners, that way, once you have to clean one, just place the other in the viv, done!

 

[klak1212]

Im going to recommend NON ADHESIVE Shelf Liner, this you can buy from WalMart or Home Depot/Lowes, basically alot of places. This has help up for me for most of my Godzilla's life. Its pretty inexpensive, and will last forever, to clean it, just take it out and wipe it down with soap, and let it air dry, done! TIP: If you chose this substrate, buy 2 Shelf Liners, that way, once you have to clean one, just place the other in the viv, done!

 

[kirby]

it not only impacts, but tears the intestinal lining.. not fun.

tile, non adhesive shelf liner, paper towel, newsprint, repti-carpet.