Best substrate for leopard geckos?

[UrbanGeckoWarrior]

Repti-carpet for me. If you get enough to cover your cage twice over it's dead easy to clean, take the dirty stuff out, bung it in the washing machine, and put the excess carpet in. Simples

[simonb-uk]

Originally Posted by Cheeky-x

Yeah reptiturf apparently is quite good i never used it as it looks hard to clean, also my leo's had calci sand, but i found it really dusty!! So moved them onto lino..Easier to clean and there is no way they could get impacted off it

ive been told that no lizards can get impacted off calci sand as its pure calcium and it all get absorbed or passes thro...told by manager of cold blooded in rainham

[C.Bruno]

sand is best substrate.

[simonb-uk]

all substrates are ok as long as ur lizard gets all the minerals he/she needs as ingestion only occurs when ur lizards wants mineral so it eats the sand. u go to retile shops and u will see them on sand, calci sand, bark and lots of other stuff....

[lizzard boy13]

I've decided to go wit calci sand as it has some good benifits...
thanks everyone!

[Cheeky-x]

Originally Posted by simonb-uk

ive been told that no lizards can get impacted off calci sand as its pure calcium and it all get absorbed or passes thro...told by manager of cold blooded in rainham

Well i thought this too thats why my BD on it but i saw some pics once of an X-ray from a leopard gecko after it had ingested calci-sand...I just prefred lino as it was easier to clean and not as dusty and didnt want to take the risk of impaction cuz they ate alot when they wre eating. But not one of thoses who will say ''Oh no you should NEVER have sand etc etc'' everyone has there own opinion i suppose

[lizzard boy13]

I feed mine mealworms in a bowl so they wont eat the sand when they're eating. Altough they might lick the floor...

[Kerriebaby]

I will be hunted by torches I know...


i use calci sand


there I said it...wouldnt ever use Chipsi tho...pretty sure thats what killed Gladys

[lizzard boy13]

Originally Posted by Kerriebaby

I will be hunted by torches I know...


i use calci sand


there I said it...wouldnt ever use Chipsi tho...pretty sure thats what killed Gladys

So do i...

[simonb-uk]

calci sand is great u just need to spend time washing it out and drying it.....i spent a whole day this weekend washing the dust out of our sand...washed it thro in a towel with minimal loss and then dryed it out in baking trays in the oven until bone dry...viv and beardy is a lot less dusty now lol