dragonclawz
Member
Hi! I’m new to this site, so I hope I’m posting this correctly.
I have a bearded dragon named Poseidon and his substrate is walnut shells, (which I did not know was dangerous until today!) and today when I was feeding him dubia roaches, he missed the tongs and instead got a mouthful of walnut shells.
This is my mistake, since I thought walnut shells would be a fine substrate since he wasn’t eating it, and I’d like to change his substrate to something else very soon.
I’ve read about beardies dying from walnut shells, and I need to know what I should do for him now, or if I should just wait for it to hopefully pass?
I’m very worried about him and I feel awful about this, so some advice would be much appreciated!!
Also, what substrate would you recommend instead? I was thinking repti-carpet but I’m not sure if his nails would get caught on it.
Thank you in advance!
EDIT: I gave him another bath this morning since he didn’t poop yesterday, but he went today and he seems to be just fine! I’ll be heading up to Home Depot in a couple of days to see if I can find any nice tile for his terrarium. Thanks for your help!
I have a bearded dragon named Poseidon and his substrate is walnut shells, (which I did not know was dangerous until today!) and today when I was feeding him dubia roaches, he missed the tongs and instead got a mouthful of walnut shells.
This is my mistake, since I thought walnut shells would be a fine substrate since he wasn’t eating it, and I’d like to change his substrate to something else very soon.
I’ve read about beardies dying from walnut shells, and I need to know what I should do for him now, or if I should just wait for it to hopefully pass?
I’m very worried about him and I feel awful about this, so some advice would be much appreciated!!
Also, what substrate would you recommend instead? I was thinking repti-carpet but I’m not sure if his nails would get caught on it.
Thank you in advance!
EDIT: I gave him another bath this morning since he didn’t poop yesterday, but he went today and he seems to be just fine! I’ll be heading up to Home Depot in a couple of days to see if I can find any nice tile for his terrarium. Thanks for your help!