I use lignocel for my ball/royal python (whatever you may call it), he does fine and apparently many professionals use it, including the specialist store that I visit when I need to. (which is why he recommended it) I have a leopard gecko that is currently on beech wood chips (refined) and I was wondering if I could switch her over to it as well. For those that don't know what lignocel is, it's basically well refined wood pulp that is then put through a dust extractor multiple times (you can probably suss out why). My royal has been on it for a long time now, and he has thrived on it, since it's a lot more aesthetically pleasing to the eye - am I safe to switch my leopard over to it, or do you think I should trial it for a month?
Lignocel?
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I did a Google search to see pictures of it, and it doesn't really look like the right type of substrate for a leopard gecko. Reptiles that would normally live in a forest environment maybe, but leopard geckos normally live in much more barren, hard-packed areas in the desert.
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I would be careful of the wood chips. I took care of a leopard gecko once that had dropped its tail after ingesting wood chips (she passed the wood chips shortly after and it was the only reason we could think of for her dropping the tail). The most recent article in Gecko Time, by a forum member, is about bioactive setups for leopard geckos (Gecko Time - a blog about geckos) and may be worth reading for more substrate ideas.
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