Would this stuff be ok as a safe substrate for geckos as alternative to paper towels etc?
http://www.luckyreptile.com/html/sei...&nav=2&lang=en

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hi,

i think its more for amphibs?? it produces high levels of humidity so for leos it would be no good!

it may be good as a bedding in a moist hide though??

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People who don't have reptiles just don't understand!!!

0.2.2 Leopard geckos (High yellow, SHCT, normal, and SHTCT)
0.1 Girlfriend (Shouts alot and needs taming!)

It'll be for a crestie.

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my knowledge on cresties is about as much as my ability to cook and clean - not a bloody lot!!!

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People who don't have reptiles just don't understand!!!

0.2.2 Leopard geckos (High yellow, SHCT, normal, and SHTCT)
0.1 Girlfriend (Shouts alot and needs taming!)

Was just wondering if it quite a solid thing or has loose bits which could be swallowed.

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its going to be difficult to clean their poop off that effectively if it sinks in..

I use forest bedding stuff for my cresties which i pat down with a flat piece of wood so its compacted.. this means if they poop i can lift it away with some of the substrate easily... I use this in both my males tank and my male/females

the only one that doesnt have it yet is the young one shes stil on paper towels

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It's quite a solid mat, coconut fibres bound together with liquid latex basically, you do get a few loose bits but it's easy to remove those, after that it doesn't shed any more.
My dartfrog viv is lined with it and it's permanently soaked by a trickle system, plants love it and will root into it and climb the walls, I'm not sure it's the sort of thing you'd want to use as a substrate though, it's very absorbent so might create high humidity, and it would be hard to clean.

Thanks. Need humidity for a crested gecko, but the cleaning would be a problem.

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