TheWerewolf
Gray-bearded Member
So, I was in our basement doing laundry and saw a bag of Calci-Sand from when we had our leos. I decided to read it and it said something that confused me. Here is what it said.
"T-Rex Calci-Sand is the only substrate for reptiles designed to be not only ingestible, but digestible when swallowed. Many reptiles freely eat particles of sand and other substrates in an effort to gain the calcium that they require. T-Rex Calci-Sand allows this process to occur naturally in the vivarium."
What I underlined confuses me the most. I thought they got calcium from bugs. It also says,
"T-Rex Calci-Sand makes spot cleaning both easy and accurate. It clumps up readily to wet waste materiel, drying it and preventing it from being spread."
Doesn't that mean it'll also clump up inside the reptile? Is T-Rex lying to make a product and killing many reptiles from impaction? Or is this true?
I know not to use Calci-Sand for Nim but I used it for my leos. Should I have not given it to my leos? Could they have possibly lived a longer life? Is this a lie and did my leos suffer from it like many other herps? I just want to see what the lizard experts say.
"T-Rex Calci-Sand is the only substrate for reptiles designed to be not only ingestible, but digestible when swallowed. Many reptiles freely eat particles of sand and other substrates in an effort to gain the calcium that they require. T-Rex Calci-Sand allows this process to occur naturally in the vivarium."
What I underlined confuses me the most. I thought they got calcium from bugs. It also says,
"T-Rex Calci-Sand makes spot cleaning both easy and accurate. It clumps up readily to wet waste materiel, drying it and preventing it from being spread."
Doesn't that mean it'll also clump up inside the reptile? Is T-Rex lying to make a product and killing many reptiles from impaction? Or is this true?
I know not to use Calci-Sand for Nim but I used it for my leos. Should I have not given it to my leos? Could they have possibly lived a longer life? Is this a lie and did my leos suffer from it like many other herps? I just want to see what the lizard experts say.