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Originally posted by gregandsarah
I actually have read most of them and except for talking about juveniles and leos I haven't heard a story of an adult beardie dying.
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Why because beardies that are around 10 years old people don't have necropsys done on them. So they won't know the exact cause of death.
The average life span of a captive beardie should be between 15-20 years old.
There is the possibility of chronic impactation, a slow build up over a long period of time. It blocks the nutrients that the beardie needs and can cause impaction over time.
When i had my beardies on sand i had a stomach wash. They put a small tube into the stomach and pump saline solution in and out a few times and keep the last sample to send of to the lab. I was there the whole time this was going on and i seen the final results and there was a few grains of sand in there. So that leads me to belive that the lining can hold onto grains of sand and over time chronic impaction could result.
I'm not one to risk that chance so their substrate is switched.
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