Wow Daniel, where to start.

I didnt suggest that you werent taking care of your animals by housing them on sand, if you want to go with experience, you have much more experience with keeping them on sand, so according to you its safest. Isnt there still the risk that someday you could have an issue with impaction? I have yet to have an issue with housing my leos on sand because i choose not to use sand, for me its easier and more sanitary to use a peice of tile. In the past I personally have used playsand (as suggested by members) from home depot. Im sure I have a macro picture of the sand if you so wish to see it. Desiree has not yet posted the type of sand she is currently using, i do know for a fact however that Ben's where she got the sand does not supply/carry play sand.

I would still like to know where there is evidence that its good/healthy to use sand over tile/newspaper/exc.. i personally (meaning me) dont understand why you would house on sand if there is a risk of injury. I understand your comment of it not always being the substrates fault but why add insult to injury. I would rather know for a fact it has nothing to do with my choice of substrate. I do not have evidence that housing any reptiles on papertowel, tile, exc is the best but i do know it takes away the risk of ingesting their substrate because there is no substrate to ingest.

Because I dont house on sand that makes me an inexperienced herp keeper? If that was the truth then every single breeder/hobbiest that houses all their reptiles on paper towels inexperienced, im sure there are dozens of those type of people who breed high numbers of animals, keep hundreds of resident reptiles does that make them inexperienced just because of their substrate choice? for some reason i disagree with that statement.

Im not saying you dont take care of your animals, everyone takes care of their animals when their basic needs are kept up. I will agree to disagree with your choice of substrate vs my choice of substrate. I would love to house my geckos on sand, i think it would be cute to see little foot prints in the sand but not at the risk of them ingesting it, but thats me what you do is totally up to you, your animal your choice just as i said previously in this thread, it doesnt make it right or wrong.