Is this ok?

[CleaTheChameleon]

Hello everyone,

As most of you know my female chameleon is very close to laying and i was wondering if this vermiculite will work. I bought it but im just trying to make sure. I got it at Lowes.


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[james L]

As long as its a smaller grain of vermiculite and theres no fertilizers or other chemicals in it you should be fine. Good luck!

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Thank you

 

[Lizardlover]

Yes, make sure it has no fertilizers in it, otherwise it is fine.

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[CleaTheChameleon]

Thanks Danny

 

[heloderm]

I would try and find the larger grain vermiculite. Myself and many others have had issues with the "sand grain" stuff.

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

How can you tell it's sand grain? I can't read that on the bag but it said on the bag 100% vermiculite. Will this kind work? I'm confused

 

[pssh]

Most people prefer coarse grain, not fine grain. Is it fairly large looking and not sandy looking?

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

How can you tell it's sand grain? I can't read that on the bag but it said on the bag 100% vermiculite. Will this kind work? I'm confused

It will work just fine but can dry unevenly sometimes causing a problem. You should just get a bag of hatchright. That is a no brainer. Already wet and everything.

Either way you would be ok.

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Alright thank you ryan

 

[tkilgour]

Yes, that will work fine!!! The fine grain just tends to resemble sand a little more, and it has smaller grains. I have had success w/ the exact stuff you bought. However, from here on out I am just going to use hatchrite because it take all the guess work out of things. Currently, I have 10 clutches in vermiculite, and 1 in sphagnum moss for an experiment. I ordered hatchrite so from now on that will be all I use. Good luck and take care!

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

Yes, that will work fine!!! The fine grain just tends to resemble sand a little more, and it has smaller grains. I have had success w/ the exact stuff you bought. However, from here on out I am just going to use hatchrite because it take all the guess work out of things. Currently, I have 10 clutches in vermiculite, and 1 in sphagnum moss for an experiment. I ordered hatchrite so from now on that will be all I use. Good luck and take care!

I have done the same thing. I used everything you could think of. So far I have not had any problems, but I do like the convenience of hatchright.


Just in case anyone was curious.
hatchright = perlite and water crystals.

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Yes, that will work fine!!! The fine grain just tends to resemble sand a little more, and it has smaller grains. I have had success w/ the exact stuff you bought. However, from here on out I am just going to use hatchrite because it take all the guess work out of things. Currently, I have 10 clutches in vermiculite, and 1 in sphagnum moss for an experiment. I ordered hatchrite so from now on that will be all I use. Good luck and take care!

Alright thank you so much. Im going to stick with this for this clutch but next time in the future when i decide to breed again( not with Clea) i will do the hatchrite stuff