evening all.
i have bought two nice big bags of play sand,and i intend to buy
some sort of soil at the weekend.this all mixed together will be for the geckos inclosures,my question is this.
how on earth can i dry the sand,it's very wet and that's not the
type of consistancy(sp) i would really like,they don't require a humid
invironment except in their moist box for shedding.
what do you think,any suggestions would be great,thank you.
I usually use my oven to dry things out. I turn the oven on to 100 degrees and once it reaches that temp I shut it off. I use this method to dry out the catnip that I cut from my garden. The catnip goes into the oven very green & damp and a day later comes dry & crinkly, just the way the cats like it!
Maybe put the sand on cookie sheets or something similar and keep it in the oven?? It's what I would do but then again, I've been known to do some nutty stuff!
Of course, this method would not work for a large volume of sand. I can't recall how large the geckos' home is...
hmmmm i was thinking about the oven,well one the tanks they are in
is a 24in and the second one is 32 in. long
i want to fill the tanks about 1/4 full,and hopefully induce some natural
digging behaviour.so i bought two big bags:-D but it's wet,and that's not
what i want,although perhaps if i got the right sort of soil,if it's
dry then i wonder if it would help dry the sand out.:dunno:
Just thought of something else. When I've needed to presoak certain seeds for planting I dry them by laying them out on newspaper. Not sure this would work for sand as maybe the ink from the newsprint would leach out into the sand but it's an idea....it might work....
The trash bag is a good idea. You'd really be able to spread it out in a thin layer so it would dry faster. Of course, this may not work if you have cats...they might think it was a giant litter box! :lol:
There is the good chance that the garbage bag will just hold the moisture that seeps out and doesnt air dry. so your bottom layer of sand will still be damp.
secound thought.
If you had multiple garbage bags you could do stages with the sand.
First bag - wet sand
Secound bag - top layer of first bag after its "dry"
3rd bag - Lower layer of first bag after top is removed - let it dry
repeat.
third thought. Use a hair dryer to help the process of drying it. Just make sure you dont get so close that you shoot sand everywhere. *only use on the wet wet sand*
hi thank you for your reply.
i have now actually got them on tiles,
once i moved them into their new home,the trouble would have been that the sand
would have kept spilling out and getting stuck in the glass sliders,
the tiles are easy to clean,and i don't worry about them eating any sand
at dinner time.
Nice set up. how big is it? lol you might have said earlier but im too lazy to look lol. :-D
I could see soo many different design plans with a set up like that!. have a way for them to go from upper to lower sections. lol very nicely decorated!
thanks
had it perhaps been for a small water dragon,perhaps i would have
used the shelving for a split level,however it houses three leopard geckos,
two live together,the other is seperated.
the reason he's on his own is because his flat mate died
i can't put him with the other two as there is a size difference.
i have a feeling that they are all females though.
i would like another to go with Morph perhaps a lovley looking mac snow.
we'll see what the future brings.
frogs sound interesting.. any particular species, if i could i would love to keep
poison dart frogs.
um no I dont know which ones I would want. I do know I would want probably tree frogs. Was thinking of getting a tall pillar like tank or hexagon and have it besomething cool with a waterfall but not just a waterfall I mean like water from the top goes down about half way and into a pool of water and then that pool has a waterfall that goes to the bottom where there would be fish. and have vines going from the bottom of the tank to the top, real plants,rain maker, caves. :-D
Ive always wanted frogs but the closest I got was catching them in the back yard and making a tank for them out of a board game and cardboard and plastic. lol
Back on track, do you have any close up pictures?
Sorry you lost one :-(
Snows are awesome, I'm partial to them and the Aptor morphs myself. I have one lonely female Hypo Tangerine Aptor that I will someday find a mate (reptile shows are few and far away around here) I'm considering saving and getting an enigma from LGU.
I've done Poison darts, I love them. I do recommend however getting adults from a reputable source. The babies are so fragile, and alot of people still get illegally shipped wild caught frogs, It'll save you lots of heartache to get adults (Mint terribilis are my fav so far). They are easy as pie.
I am trying to figure out sizes for frogs but am not having luck so far. I am really interested in the milk frogs. they look SOOOOO cool! and the australian blue phase whites tree frogs too. and also the imitater dart frogs. ok ill stop taking over this thread. lol should be about sand
My personal favs are Aus. Dumpy Whites (Blue or normal phase). They are hardy vigorous eaters and VERY hard to go wrong with. However you have to remember they are kinda like the big bulls of the tree frogs, you don't want to put anything fragile as far as plants in there (I use pothos and mother-in-law tounge in mine) with them and they are very likley to try and eat fish. They are also pretty dirty (kinda like goldfish i guess) so you want something you can clean often unless you intigrate a filter sytem in your waterfall----even then, they make big poops.
Typically tho, they aren't boring, they don't really try to hide, and its a ton of fun when feeding time comes around. Plus you can actually handle them. I read somewhere they did a study on them and they release a chemical when you handle them that lowers blood pressure. I've never had one that didn't dig being handled either. Mines sitting on his log basking away as I type
*insert more things about sand and re-rails thread*
i was thinking of using a canister filter to work as the waterfall. just something to keep the water turning over but not to strong of a waterfall. Not sure how to do it. I have never kept anything like a frog. fish and 5 snapping turtles in a 10 gallon tank when they were babies. *yes i know it was a small tank* let them go in the pond once they started swimming after the feeder fish and catching them on their own. but even then i never cleaned the tank. lol I was soo young and stupid back then.
do you have any good sites for frogs or pictures of your frogs? As for plants I am not sure yet. I guess it all depends on what frog i get. hehe.
Gotta love hijacking a thread about sand to frogs.
btw hows the tiles going for ya willow?
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