wood pellets and straw pellets, pro and contra...

[sd reptiles]

Does someone use wood pellets as substrate?
I want to hear some experiences about it.
Or does someone uses strawpellets?
http://reptiles.japanese-koi.co.uk/herb ... trate.html

[sd reptiles]

Or lucerne pellets?

[sd reptiles]

UP!

[Karen]

If I remember right El Lobo does, but it might have been another kind of pellet, not sure.

[sd reptiles]

I use now reptibark but its a litle dusty.
So i now looking for another substrate but i dont know what.
I read on the net that rabbit food or alfalfa pellets are verry good and some people say dont use that

[Karen]

Substrates seem to be one of those polarizing things where everyone has their own favorite. I'm using Reptibark as well. I mist it every now and then and the dust doesn't seem to be too big of a problem. Sylvia doesn't mind at least, which is good enough for me.

[El Lobo]

I use a compressed sawdust pellet called Oz Pet but it is probably only available in Australia. There is a Canadian product which is very similar called (I think) Woody Pets. I find them good as when wet they break back down into sawdust so it is easy to find wet areas and remove the sawdust. Another advantage is urine doesn't pass through to the enclosure floor and pool which is the main reason I stopped using Reptibark, together with the fact it was very dusty and expensive. There may be an equivalent in Europe but check to make certain any such wood pellets are free of aromatic hydrocarbons.

I would be cautious with rabbit pellets or anything similar made from alfalfa. It has a tendency to develop mould when wet.

[Lauriek]

I also use Oz Pet available only here in Australia but the US/Canadian equivalent is Woody Pet.
I find Oz Pet very absorbent and low dust. My shingles tend to upset their water bowl more than the blotchies.