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Old 11-24-12, 07:48 PM   #1
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Safe natural looking substrate?

Im making a new 2-tier vivarium for my adult from a bookcase. My question is, what substrate can i use?

I want to have a kind of digging area and a non-substrate area in both tiers. Both sections will have hides in, and the hides will be filled with shredded kitchen roll for warmth/comfort. I've been using shredded kitchen roll because aspen made him sneeze. I want the substrate to look as natural as possible though because the kitchen roll doesn't look the best. Since i can't really use aspen again, is repti-bark or Coco-husk safe?
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Old 11-25-12, 01:32 AM   #2
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Re: Safe natural looking substrate?

I like both repti bark and coconut fiber (eco earth)

another option is real soil (dirt) it works wonderful and is natural.
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Old 11-25-12, 02:36 AM   #3
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Re: Safe natural looking substrate?

I have seen quite a few people using repti-card recently and it is meant to be dust free and will look better than shredded kitchen roll. I am sure there are other brands of this type of substrate as well I just don't know what they are called

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Re: Safe natural looking substrate?

I use reptibark for all of my vivs and love it
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mixture of repti bark and eco earth but will prob switch over to just reptibark
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Re: Safe natural looking substrate?

I use sand/soil for mine. He loves to burrow.
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