paper towel more risky than sand?...

lunkiish

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Hi everyone.
So recently someone told me that leopard geckos like eating paper towel when you use it as their substrate, and that it's more dangerous than sand?
Is this true? I have never heard anyone else say something about this, just the other way around.
Can someone confirm that this is true, or is it just a false wannabe expert statement?
 

Yuk

New member
I've never had my own geckos try to eat it. One forum member did notice paper towel getting ripped and ingested during a hunt and switched to heavy duty paper towels with no issues.
 

Superleo98

New member
As yuk said, there have been some stories of Leo's accidentally or purposefully eating the paper towel. For the most part, owners don't have any problems with it.
I use partial paper towel in my 15 gallon but I use repti carpet. I used sand(repti sand) for 2 years and never had problems. With the right husbandry, impaction can be prevented. Tong feeding, and using a food dish are ways, as well as proper heat. :)
 

Booplesnoot

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I have used paper towel for a year on my leopard gecko. During hunting she will sometimes bite the paper towel on accident (cause she misses ;P bad lil hunter that one is), but she always spits it out instead of ripping it off and ingesting it.
 
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