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need advice on exhibit substrata
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by Rob_Carmichael on December 18, 2008
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Hi gang,
For the past 10 years we've used various combinations of sand/soil/forest humus for many of our rattlesnake exhibits. While they have served us well, our desert exhibits have become a little dusty and are clogging up our new furnace so I need to add something to it (plus, if its that dusty, it can't be good for the snakes despite air filtration and good air flow). One of my thoughts is to go with a fine grade of pea gravel and would like opinions from those who work in zoological institutions. What do you use for your rattlesnakes?
Many thanks, Rob
Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center
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by Cro on December 18, 2008
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Rob, I like those gravels that are available in petshops and aquarium stores that are labled "natural."
They are mixed small size river gravel, and are available in several color variations. Most often they can be found in 25 LB bags.
Makes a very attractive looking desert floor setup, as the tiny rocks have rounded edges, and are random shapes.
Best Regards
John Z
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by FLAohHerper on December 19, 2008
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Rob,
We use all natural walnut bedding by kaytee for many of the reptiles we house.Very good and efficient,easy to scoop as well and looks good,especially for desert dwellers.
mike
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by Peter on December 20, 2008
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Rob;
Check with some sand blasting places around for larger grades of "blasting sand" this is kind of a misnomer as they usually have some good small gravels about bb sized which are great substrate for exhibits.
Aquarium gravels are good to but you can usually get the blasting sand for a little bit of nothing compared to what you pay for bagged gravel.
I also used to farm roadcuts for gravel whenever I went collecting somewhere, a few shovels full of "locality substrate" and was always a neat feature even if I was the only one who knew the backstory...:-) I kept my lepidus lepidus on the same 20 pounds or so of west Tejas gravel for about 7 years...:-)
Mixing gravel with bits of pine bark or cypress mulch, leaf litter ect looks pretty neat as well although mulch can be pretty dusty to.
Peter
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