Pine Bedding?

[Rikki]

I am far too lazy, lol. Hmmmm....

[coldblooded]

I'm a lover of sarcasm...

Anywho... I purchased a bag of "Black Earth", a loamy (spongey) dirt that has not been sterilized and does not have any fertilizer, perlite, vermiculite, ect, in it. By not sterile, I mean biologically active, so if you happen to miss some poo it will decompose.

Although, I did have a hard time keeping the dirt from turning to dust, it looked as though my little guy had more fun in the dirt than on the crappy "Jungle Earth" wood chips he's on now.

I'm just not going back to dirt until the new enclosure.

I don't know how much nile's like to dig, but I'd use at least a foot of slightly compressed dirt.


Mike

[coldblooded]

oh, they come in 50 lb bags (dirt) for about $2.88 CAD

Maybe try OAK leaves, if you can find 'em?


Mike

[Jeff_Favelle]

I am far too lazy, lol. Hmmmm....

I think its time for you to give your monitor away to someone who is willing/able to actually care for it.

I have used news paper for years, most breeders and private keepers do.

Please quantify that lie.

[Rikki]

I care for my monitor with the best way, and doing a simple search on Google you will find over 1,000 results of keeping news paper with reptiles. Please stop trying to argue.

Any how everyone, thanks for your suggestions I just purchased "Natural Earth Bedding" it says its designed for burrowing. It cost me $30.00 total. I wouldnt say I dont care for my monitor, I doubt your someone to say I dont

If your going to try to start something, please dont post at all.

[HeatherRose]

If you know best, why post your inquiries on these forums at all?

I can go on Google and find tons of pages telling me to put my snakes on sand. I can also go blow 80$ on sand, does this make me a stellar snake keeper?

I rarely frequent this forum, but it absolutley blows my mind that you would argue with these particular members when it comes to monitor lizard care.

[Rikki]

Where am I arguing? I have said thank you for your suggestions many times, and I just went out and bought some bedding I was told to get. How is that not listening or arguing? Everything was going fine until you came to this topic.

[Matt_K]

Originally posted by Rikki
I care for my monitor with the best way, and doing a simple search on Google you will find over 1,000 results of keeping news paper with reptiles. Please stop trying to argue.

You're talking about Monitors though, not Reptiles in General. What's good for my Boas isn't always good for your monitor

-Matt

[HeatherRose]

My coming into this topic was to explain why pine was regarded as bad because the phenols are sometimes toxic to herps, over there on page 1...

Good try though.

[Rikki]

I have read that part, and thats why I didnt go with the pine bedding, I went with natural earth... Thank you everyone for your help, I greatly appreciate it

[kap10cavy]

Direction for good substrate

1. Get a shovel.
2. Exert some energy and dig a hole.
3. Seperate rocks from dirt you dug from hole.
4. Add dirt to cage.

Scott

[Jeff_Favelle]

EXACTLY.

Then read this: OR, read it before. OR, read it before, then after, then once more:

http://www.varanus.net/faq/housing.htm

[prcdslnc13]

listen to jeff and dont start something yourself. i keep monitors also and trust me on this him v.hb and shvar know what they are talking about and have helped me out a few times. listen and learn and never ever ever put that thing on newspaper again. think of like you sleeping on a concrete bed with no blankets. thats how newpaper is to a monitor

[coldblooded]

Good luck with your monitor.

Glad you didn't use newspaper, I had bad dreams all night last night.

Mike