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What type of substrate do you use?

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:36 pm
by B3N
Was just wondering what most of the people on the forum use...

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:42 pm
by SkinkysMom
I use Carefresh.

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:45 pm
by LittleFoot
I just switched from repti-bark to carefresh. LittleFoot got a nice chunk of repti-bark jammed under a couple of scales on his belly, so I switched to something softer and no points.

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:10 am
by russman
I use carefresh in my two larger cages and coconut husk in my smaller enclosure. I like the carefresh better though, because it seems easier for the blueys to burrow in, and its just easier to use.

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:15 am
by B3N
hmmm so care fresh sounds like the way to go, some guy at work told me to go with Eco Earth anyone have any experience with that. I also read on the caresheet to go with aspen but I can only find aspen snake bedding in stores... so many choices :noknow:

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:54 am
by mom22wins
I use carefresh. I looked for aspen but they only had the chunky kind and I wanted the shredded softer kind.

Carefresh is nice though. Clean up is a cinch!

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:03 am
by russman
I think eco earth is ok. I've just heard that there's a possibility of bugs being in it, and I didn't really want to risk mites or anything like that. I know people have had success with it though.

aspen

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:08 am
by aggiegirl
I use aspen shavings. They are cheap, have a fresh smell, and they haven't bothered my son's allergies. Both my guys love to burrow in them. I may switch to Carefresh at some point if my son has problems with the aspen. Does anyone know what kind of "reclaimed" paper products are used in Carefresh? My son is allergic to newspaper (molds, etc.)

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:20 am
by skinkee
I had plain sand - now I switched to shredded newspaper, Jööti seems to like it :wink: Sand was a bad idea...

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:31 am
by DeadEye
All natral rock, gravel -Some paper for sick babies , same as Australia zoo

no eye problems + outdoors alot of the year is a bonus .

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:30 pm
by Jenn
All my guys are on aspen. Carefresh is good too. It's just to expensive for 8 skinks.

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:20 pm
by KibblesNbitz
Mine is on Aspen. Carefresh is okay but I find it has a weird smell and it gets a little pricey.

Besides, with my employee discount I can get a huge 4.0 cu ft ( or 113 liters ) bag of aspen for $10 :D

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:26 pm
by Fatal_S
I have carefresh. It's pretty expensive though, but Pryce seems to like it, and I'm going to put it in Cow's tank and see if she likes it. She has repti-bark right now, and I don't really like it except for looks. I'll just deal with the price, and if I ever get the huge bluey collection I'm hoping for, I'll have to see about finding a sale and buying it out ^.^

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:07 am
by Tattoo
Tattoo is on Aspen and seems very happy. :D We started with Reptibark but it was too dusty.

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:13 am
by Dragontears
I've used SoftBed for years, and absolutely loved it, but when my allergies started up I switched to aspen. A few of my skinks like the aspen better, but most didn't seem to care either way. I'm debating going back to SoftBed and just dealing with allergies. Styx would have to stay on aspen though.

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:08 am
by gloom_kitty
i use aspen now but when i first got loki i used eco earth and it kept going in his eyes so i switched.

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:16 am
by MartinsPerson
Carefresh is much cheaper via www.petguys.com than in the stores. The only catch is that you have to use the gray stuff as they don't carry the white.

I use a combination of reptile carpet and white carefresh.

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:16 pm
by Soggydog
I use shredded aspen Piper likes to burrow in it but it is also mostly stench free and is incredibly absorbent

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:03 pm
by NomadOfTheHills
I use carefresh, because I got a big bag for free. Aspen is absorbent and economical. Coconut fiber based beeding (eco earth, bedabeast, etc) can get expensive, but otherwise look and work great in a display tank.

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:09 am
by Leigh
I use a mix of shredded aspen in the sleeping end and aspen chips in the rest of the tank, with regards to dust, I just take a couple of handfulls at a time and shake them in a coulander, {nearly}all the dust falls out the holes, problem solved.