Regurgitated paper towel?
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Fireclaw147
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I use moss instead of paper towel in the humid hide.it works great,and it might prevent this from happening.its about 4 dollars but it works great and I've never had a bad shed.maybe he was stressed and regurgitated the paper towel,that's all I could think of at the moment.
I have been using slate tiles for his tank substrate for several months now and haven't used paper towel for it since the summer. The paper towel is inside his humid hide only (that's where he ate it from,) and I highly doubt slate tile would hold enough moisture to keep his hide humid.
I need a new substrate for his humid hide that holds moisture.
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cricket4u
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:lol: Too many threads to remember every change and every leo. Threads are too time consuming to read as well. You can try moss, however it can be consumed as well. What occurs with many is they accidentally rip a piece while eating their shed. Paper towel is less likely to be consumed than moss, but if you need the humidity boost, what can I say.
cricket4u
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Scary and stressful, I know. I use moss only for the female. For my males, I just make sure the paper towel are complete and allow it to hang over the opening of the hide. Makes sense? So the paper towel are pinched with the lid. Stronger paper towel is helpful as well, like Bounty.
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my paper towel is always complete too. just one giant piece that i fold up and spray. he literally ripped a piece of it off and ate it. i will have to try moss i guess.
Elizabeth Freer
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Paper towel or moss, Matt, difficult call. You could try making a cloth pillowcase for the moss, big enough to hold an adequate amount of moss, but not stuffing the pillowcase.
Have you checked out Zoo Med's 3-in-1 hide? Has a large section which holds several inches of moss.
I just got a medium for Cha.
Have you checked out Zoo Med's 3-in-1 hide? Has a large section which holds several inches of moss.
I just got a medium for Cha.
Conched
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I have the most luck with the moss. It holds moisture considerably better than paper towel. You will see that moss does on occasion get consumed but the Leo should have no issues passing it.
Moss can get messy so be sure to use a hide with a hole on top or at least 2-3 inches above the bottom of the container.
I use about 2-3 inches of moss, keep in mind that that is once it is wet, squeezed and packed in the hide. Stays moist for close to a week. My Leos slough so fast I have never caught them one time, not so much as the smallest piece of retained skin. I have never had any mold grow in it so, not sure why I read that in some of these posts.
I use paper towel as a substrate. One of my Leo's will attack paper towel if it has a tear in it, I assume he mistakes it for food.
Moss can get messy so be sure to use a hide with a hole on top or at least 2-3 inches above the bottom of the container.
I use about 2-3 inches of moss, keep in mind that that is once it is wet, squeezed and packed in the hide. Stays moist for close to a week. My Leos slough so fast I have never caught them one time, not so much as the smallest piece of retained skin. I have never had any mold grow in it so, not sure why I read that in some of these posts.
I use paper towel as a substrate. One of my Leo's will attack paper towel if it has a tear in it, I assume he mistakes it for food.
Saskia
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I used paper towels for years, and it happend a few months back one of my geckos was eating and grabbed the tip of the paper and swalowed a piece by mistake, I got SUPER worried (it was a very small piece, but yet, they have very small stomachs), anyways, my gecko was just fine but I wanted to look for a solution for this, I wanted to prevent it from happening again, and I found one product that is called SCOTT DURAMAX in my country (I am not sure about the name there, but I am sure you can find something similar, since I doubt there is something in my third world country that you guys can´t up there), this is it:
http://mlv-s2-p.mlstatic.com/servilletas-napkins-lips-y-toallines-scott-10145-MLV20025148775_122013-F.jpg
It is a type of reusable paper towel, it is not cloth but it is also not 100 % paper, it is very difficult to rip, even for a human, it works great, and you outrule the risk of it happening again. I completely changed to this product, which is a bit more expensive than the normal paper towels, but by no means is it expensive, and you don´t need to change it so often, just keep it moist, they have no way of ingesting it.
http://mlv-s2-p.mlstatic.com/servilletas-napkins-lips-y-toallines-scott-10145-MLV20025148775_122013-F.jpg
It is a type of reusable paper towel, it is not cloth but it is also not 100 % paper, it is very difficult to rip, even for a human, it works great, and you outrule the risk of it happening again. I completely changed to this product, which is a bit more expensive than the normal paper towels, but by no means is it expensive, and you don´t need to change it so often, just keep it moist, they have no way of ingesting it.
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