Coconut fiber questoin

[chetman7]

I usually used reg paper as substrate, but I got bored and decided to go for more of a natural look and used shredded coconut fiber..I think made by eco earth..I fed crickets..and on every strike she would get a mouthful of the stuff...is this bad for her to ingest???

I'm kinda worried...cause I don't want to cause impaction..but I was under the impression that happened with a different kind of substrate

Any info would be great...I'm ready to get this stuff out of her cage and stick with newspaper or indented paper

[sweetcheeks]

That is why they suggest not to use the stuff.....because of impaction.. the only safe way to use it is if you either feed crickets etc in a seperate tank or not to feed live prey.

I go with a more natural look the easy way....

I use kitchen shelf liner that is cocoa bark brown..... You can cut it to fit the size of your tank, I cut two pieces that way when I clean I can stick the clean one in, and immediately put the other peice in the sink and wash it with a drop of dawn dishwashing liquid and let dry until next time....

Here is what it looks like



here was my first tank that I had skylar in..... we later upgraded to bigger tank


and here is the bigger one

[mlededee]

Don't want your little ones injesting the cocoa bark, so unless you can feed them live prey separately or train them to eat it out of a cup that is too tall for the crickets to get out of I would stick with papertowels or go with the very nice looking kitchen liner that Stacey is recommending.

[chetman7]

Thanks

I ended up taking it out as soon as i saw that...I dunno wha tI was thinking wen I tried to feed crickets on coco fiber..

I'mma head over to the store and see if I can find something nice

Hope my little one is going to be ok and wont get impaction..that would be terrible