To all interested, here is the paper(sorry for the long link)
http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/45991093/Habitat_herpetology__.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ56TQJRTWSMTNPEA&Expires=1470693931&Signature=Sm%2FhREyFuJjX5N9T9zbOixL%2Fj1Y%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DHerpetology_of_habitat_types_of_Pakistan.pdf
[MENTION=55860]Zux[/MENTION],
I think you may be a little confused, but this is not the sort of forum where abusing people will be tolerated, so it is good you are showing a level of decency here.
but i guess telling people that they dont care for their animals is ok on other sites, i got you.
Generally speaking the people here consider thermostats to be necessary to control temperatures, how are you doing this without one?
You dont need a thermostat to control temperatures, you can keep them at the temperature that is fit with the use of heat lamps or heating pads as well. probably easier when you use a thermostat though.
I still dont understand how you can think it is worth housing him on Calcium Sand or how you have the time and will to watch the Gecko at all times to make sure he doesn't consume it?
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it doesn't work, you do understand that right? i don't really appreciate the condescending tone of your replies either, like you're talking to a child, so i kindly request you not do so. I watch and maintain my animal to make sure he does not ingest the sand when he eats, or just in general really. he doesn't eat it at all, and he is not seeking it out as supplement to the calcium i give him. I know this because unlike you're trying to insinuate here(again) im very cautious with the substrate.
That is great news your Gecko hasn't shown signs of serious illness for three years
Nor is he going to.
That is pretty much entirely false and the photo doesn't work,
you're seriously tring to tell me that leopard geckos dont inhabit areas with vast expanses of sand, really? that doesn't even make sense. Of course they like rocky outcrops and whathaveyou so they can shelter themselves but you saying they don't live in areas with sand is utter nonsense, and saying that they don't utlilize and walk on this sand is equally incorrect
here's the photo that didn't work for whatever reason
Like I said, you seem to be quite confused.
you can say this all you'd like but it doesn't make it any more true.
Everybody here is well aware I use loose substrates for all my Reptiles and commonly advocate them for experienced keepers, so that is not gonna fly im afraid.. Please try to not make this an argument between individuals.
"that's not gonna fly" you can brush it off all you'd like mate;
you made this an argument between individuals when you criticized my husbandry elsewhere without knowing the exacts that i practice.
As I made perfectly clear here and elsewhere, Calcium Sand is what I draw umbridge with, not sand.
The only thing you made clear elsewhere is the fact that you like to block people but sure.
