I have been usin beech chippings in with my bearded lizard hes only about 6 months old... The problem is he keeps eating the chippings when he grabs a cricket some i can pull out before he swallows it but some i cant.. Could anyone tell me if i could put sand in his tank or would somethin else be better??? cheers alan

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If he is eating the substrate accidentally I would think that sand will be even worse because usually they can't spit it out because it's so small.

If he is having a problem with accuracy still and therefore getting the substrate instead of the cricket I would keep him on paper towel or newspaper until he is big enough to be accurately hitting the crickets and not the areas around it.

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take the chips out and keep him n kitchen roll or newspaper till he is at least a year old.best to be safe than sorry.eating the chips could cause impaction and could rip his gullet. i use sand with my adult but only started that after he was over a year old.

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id try either the larger chippings so if he does get a mouthful its too big to swollow or go for lino

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julie

1.1 paternless
1.2 normal
0.1 shct
1.1 lavender pastel
0.0.2 normal corns
0.0.5 fbt
0.2. gsd elka and amie (as in WINEhouse)
loads of fish
and 1 boy child who is a sad utd fan one day i will convert him to a proper team

thanx for the quick replies i will use newspaper

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well done on taking advice

You could also use reptile carpet or ceramic tiles. Lino can give off fumes when heated so that's not advised.

i have found that paper towels work best for young lizards, i dont really like using newspaper becuase its just weird thinking about the toixins in the ink and weither or not it might ingest the ink somehow, so i use paper towels, they come in a roll so its easy to put down and they are ''cleaner'' in a sort of way (and cheaper!)

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Nah the ink is non-toxic. Kitchen towels and newspaper are good but need replacing too often for me to use. So I prefer carpet or tiles.