Spike

[Boafreak79]

my kids have been the care giveres (meaning i do all the work and they watch lol) of our beardie for about a year now, i had a few beardie when i was growing up and when my kids got old enough i decided to share the joy of these awesome lizards with them. ironically i found this forum when looking up info about the sand boas my daughter talked me into at repticon over the weekend lol

[beardeds4life]

That looks like calci sand to me. I recommend you get him off that ASAP. Good substrates are paper towels, shelf liner, tile, and stuff like that. You can also you a mix of dirt and play sand with bioactive substrate. If you want more info on setting that up do a forum search and a lot should pop up. I personally do not like straight play sand because in my experience it made the viv smell horrible but I know people who use it and love it.

[rmfsnakes32]

You cant use bio active substrate for beardies they need a dry enviroment. Bio active only works if wet. Humidity causes Upper respritory in beardies

[beardeds4life]

That is not true. If you set it up correctly bio active will not give off humidity. If you set it up like a rain forest viv then ya it would but if set up correctly it wouldnt. Furthermore if you keep them warmer it will prevent them from getting an upper respiratory infection.