Review on Zoo Med ReptiSand Pounds Desert by Lamar Marshall

Selling as reptile sand is WRONG. This will affect your pet, whatever it is. You may not have had this problem with lime sand, but you will have problems with this reptile sand. Even if you have kept them for many years, they can slowly build up in their intestinal tract. Do parents buy this for sandplay? This material sticks and sticks together like nothing happened, even when slightly moistened. Think of the mess you need to clean up. No fun. Not fun at all. Change to a heavier, more suitable surface. My otherwise healthy and well-fed leopard gecko showed more lethargy than any normal leopard gecko. and a marked loss of appetite a day after pouring this sand into the aquarium. She didn't touch food for almost a little over a week and ended up coming out of what appeared to be an underdeveloped egg as it was white along with some normal bowel movements and healthy white urine. I didn't think she was pregnant (pregnant) so I took fresh feces to examine. I've attached an image so you can see. No, it's not aquarium sand on that napkin, it's their poop that's been crushed to show it's clearly ALL SAND. your poop. ALL SAND, boys and girls. Her tank mate hasn't had this problem, which leads me to believe some may be better at dealing with it than others, but her tank mate does have abdominal swelling and maybe even minor bruising. I will administer a small amount of laxative with the food and give them warm water baths until they start eating and pooping regularly to try and solve this problem. (Reptiles absorb water through their cloaca, which allows for better gut hydration in the event of a blockage.) Take this as a warning along with the numerous forum threads advising against it. Reviews on such forums are mixed, but is it worth risking the health of an animal in your care? Is his death on your behalf, or the hundreds of dollars it costs to take the animal to the vet, worth getting an x-ray to tell you what you probably already know, prescribing animal-safe laxatives, or worse, the perform necessary surgery? ? No, no, no, and no way, no way. Do not believe me? Buy it, and when you get it, pour some water on it and watch it hold together like Dickens! This is what happens in your reptile's gut. If I couldn't give them any stars I would. It is sold for reptiles but should be avoided for reptiles. It's like... I don't know, selling a Ford Focus to the military to safely transport troops. someone gets killed