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Floor Tiles as Substrate

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  • 08-27-2009, 09:47 PM
    Horde
    Floor Tiles as Substrate
    I had my vet recommend using floor tiles as substrate with the rough edge (bottom of the tile) sticking up! I have a UTH....has anyone tried this?
  • 08-27-2009, 09:50 PM
    Elise.m
    Re: Floor Tiles as Substrate
    I would imagine that would scratch the snakes belly... I don't think that'd be such a good idea, for many reasons.
  • 08-27-2009, 09:51 PM
    MsPrada
    Re: Floor Tiles as Substrate
    Was it a vet with any specialty in reptiles or any training? A lot of vets from where I used to live didnt know anything about anything but dogs and cats and still tried to say "such and such is bad, such and such is a good, your bp needs a uv light" and what not.
  • 08-27-2009, 09:56 PM
    Horde
    Re: Floor Tiles as Substrate
    The vet I went to does specialize in reptiles and other exotic pets. I can't say I liked them, because I thought a lot of their ideas were kind of weird.
  • 08-27-2009, 09:57 PM
    MsPrada
    Re: Floor Tiles as Substrate
    Would the UTH even heat the tiles? Bps burrow, they couldnt burrow in tile...
  • 08-27-2009, 10:01 PM
    Freakie_frog
    Re: Floor Tiles as Substrate
    I wouldn't do that.. for a number of reasons

    1: the amount of heat the UTH would have to put out to heat a ceramic tile would be crazy.

    2. half the job of substrate is to absorb some of the waste. Tile doens't even come close..

    Use paper towels or Newpaper..
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