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does anyone ever use SAND as substrate?

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Hi all,

i'm wondering, do you ever use sand as substrate???
is there any effect?
my friend asks me about it, what i suggest is dont use it,,because i'm afraid the snakes will eat the sand accidentally and it will give the snakes bad effect..
am i right??

thanks for the answers :D

--Bram--
 
I dont think that eating the sand will be an issue unless you feed in the tank with the sand. I believe I read on here somewhere that sand is not preferred because it can get under the scales or something like that and cause a possible infection. I think it would look great and all but I dont think it would be too good a substrate to use if you had other alternatives.
 
Cornsnakes simply aren't equiped to deal with constant contact with the fine particle of sand, the potential is for impaction, as well as for iritation of the cloaca or between and under scales. A larger particle substrate is preferable, such as aspen. In my opinion sand should only be used for desert creatures who typically live on or under sand.
 
What you say is, in theory, possible; the snake could ingest the sand and impact it, which would likely kill the animal. But the issue mentioned before about the sand getting under the scales and causing irritation is another problem. I'd stick to aspen/whatever he uses now.
 
Just wanted to add my first corn died due to some kind of infliction caused by sand. I think it may have been burrowing and got some in its mouth then tried to clean it out and the sand turned into some kind of 'cement' in its mouth. Just a word of caution.
 
sorry to hear that...
thanks for your sharing will :)
hope others will learn from it :D

--Bram--
 
i agree with everybody else about the impaction and the infections if it gets under scales but i would also like to add that it is a good breeding ground for parasites and germs. i am not 100% whether this is common and if a clean Viv could prevent this but it is just a word of caution.

i personally don't use sand as i think there are far more safer things to use.

hope this helped

lee
 
snakeboy24 said:
i agree with everybody else about the impaction and the infections if it gets under scales but i would also like to add that it is a good breeding ground for parasites and germs. i am not 100% whether this is common and if a clean Viv could prevent this but it is just a word of caution.

i personally don't use sand as i think there are far more safer things to use.
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A clean viv is always necessary to prevent parasites and germs regardless of substrate. A viv with sand substrate can be kept as germ and parasite free as one with shredded aspen, but it IS more work.

But I would never consider sand for a corn snake. I've kept one of my rosy boas on sand for around seventeen years, and he's always done great. But rosys are desert snakes and corns are not.
 
Roy Munson said:
But I would never consider sand for a corn snake. I've kept one of my rosy boas on sand for around seventeen years, and he's always done great. But rosys are desert snakes and corns are not.
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nice point roy :D
i will take a note on this :D

thanks once again all :)

--Bram--
 
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