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Sand is heavy
That's right. I spent the later part of the day collecting 26 - 5 gallon pails of sand. 6 pails of river sand, and 20 pails of rougher prairie sand (from the "lesser sandhills" near the south sask river) which the local snakes use for egg laying.
I figure each pail weighed 60 lbs (water would weigh 50, this sand is much heavier than water) which would mean we halled more than 1500 lbs of sand into an enclosure today. I may add another 800 lbs if the weight is not a problem, once I see how it holds a burrow, but I think it will be the perfect stuff - it is what the wildlife in the area uses to burrow in.
Tommorrow the pair will go in there, and I will take pictures of them and post them on here to publically announce our new aquisition and breeding project. Stay tuned for pictures....
Ryan
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