Vermiculite discontinued?

[Cornylover2]

Still looking

I found Sphagnum Peat Moss. Is this okay? It's more of a soil, but it retains moisture pretty well so far. I decided against the Perilite based on everyone's answers, but still haven't found vermiculite. Never heard of Sutherland's. I've been to 3 different home depots, a Lowe's, Fred Meyers and even Walmart and nobody seems to carry it. I have 16 beautiful eggs so I hope they all turn out okay regardless of all the trouble I'm having in finding a suitable substrate for them.

 

[rosecat]

i have had similar results to you looking for the vermic ... i'm in corvallis ... i was thinking of maybe calling Coastal Farms ... i know there are a few in portland, they might have it I know that they have some gardening stuff. also maybe an acutal nursery might have some ... if you've been to that many places it might be a good idea to call a few before going out again.

 

[tricksterpup]

Has any one tried to just mail order it??

 

[Rosebear]

My Home Depot had 4 cu. ft. bags of coarse vermiculite last month, but not so sure about now. There are loads of on-line gardening sources. I'm sorry to hear you're stranded without...I've got two bags in the yard from gardening last year, and plan to buy more right away.

 

[VinnyJ]

If you're going to order online I would get Hatchrite. There's no mixing... just put it in your egg box and put the eggs on top of it. I used it for the first time this year with two corn clutches and had no problems at all. You can order it here: http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/-/hatchrite-incubation-bedding/

LLL Reptile is in CA so you should get it pretty fast. I would call them to make sure.

 

[dionythicus]

Perlite has always worked for me. I've never tried vermic and don't plan to. For Perlite, forget the big chain stores and go to a garden nursery. They will have it.