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- From: nathan@charles.ucdavis.edu (Nathan Rollins)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.herp
- Subject: Cage flooring
- Message-ID: <20592@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 05:31:09 GMT
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- Organization: Department of Music, UCDavis
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- Originator: nathan@charles.ucdavis.edu
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- There's always been a lot of debate about what to use on the floor of
- reptile cages; wood chips and sand and kitty-litter and corncobs all
- seem to have the problem that the animal can ingest or inhale the particles
- and thus injure itself. Some people use newspaper, but others say that the
- ink is harmful and besides the looks leave something to be desired.
- I was wondering, how about using folded cloth for the bottom of cages?
- Towels, for example. It would be warm, help disperse heat, absorbent, and
- when the animal defecated or unrinaton on it, you could just pull it out and
- wash it (the towel I mean) in the washing machine, like a cloth diaper.
- This would probably be only good for snakes, as lizards would get their
- claws caught in it and amphibians would get too dry. But with a little
- looking around you might even be able to find cloth or towels that looked
- fairly "natural"...
- I'm trying it with my 4.5 foot Burmese... she seems to like it thus far.
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- just an idea...
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- Otter not Nathan
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