Let's see em' eat the moss NOW!!

[nats]

I had a real problem with my leos eating the moss in their humid
hides.
I tried wrapping it in cloth and paper towels, but they still managed
to dig out the moss, eat some, and make a big mess!
While going through some old boxes of junk, I discovered some cloth
draw-string coffee bags that are about 4 x 7'' and got a brainstorm.
I put a bunch of moss in a mixing bowl and wet it.
Then I stuffed the bags with the damp moss and tied it closed.
It works very well, and holds moisture about 3 days. I just spray the
bag with a little water.
And the bags are a loose weave cloth so the humidity goes through
it really well and they are easy to hand wash.
Ha! another problem solved! :main_thumbsup:

 

[Paco]

Good Idea!!!

 

[thestack510]

Way to use your noggin, lol.

 

[Nigel4less]

Definitely sounds like an interesting Idea!

 

[Haligren]

Good idea! I didn't realize leos would eat moss though. I've never noticed Tiamat eating the moss in her hide - I think I'd notice some in her droppings if she did.

 

[nats]

Good idea! I didn't realize leos would eat moss though. I've never noticed Tiamat eating the moss in her hide - I think I'd notice some in her droppings if she did.

Yep, mine eat it! i think it's by accident when they are in there chewing
off shed skin.
One of my males once ate a bunch of it and had a tough time passing
it. Yes, LOL!! you would DEFINITELY know if they ate some!!
I had to pull a long string of it out of Slinky's vent because he couldn't pass
it, and was walking around with this string coming out of him butt! :main_rolleyes:

 

[moosassah]

Mmmm caffeinated moss!!! Yeeha!

 

[nats]

Mmmm caffeinated moss!!! Yeeha!

:main_huh: I dont get it :main_huh:

 

[gothra]

Yep, mine eat it! i think it's by accident when they are in there chewing
off shed skin.
One of my males once ate a bunch of it and had a tough time passing
it. Yes, LOL!! you would DEFINITELY know if they ate some!!
I had to pull a long string of it out of Slinky's vent because he couldn't pass
it, and was walking around with this string coming out of him butt! :main_rolleyes:

I have seen the exact same thing in one of my female! She had such a hard time passing the long strand of sphagnum moss that she screeched! I also helped her by slowly pulling it out from her vent. I use coir now.

 

[Leopard.Geckerz]

Neat idea! I never had trouble with mine eating the moss... I've switched now to the coconut fiber.

 

[Alusdra]

Oh goodness. Long strings passing through the GI (aka "linear foreign bodies") can be really really bad...! At least in dogs and cats that's true. It basically makes their intestines into a big scrunchy (like the hair tie) and then cuts into the intestine.

Your bag solution sounds like a really good one, though.

 

[nats]

Oh goodness. Long strings passing through the GI (aka "linear foreign bodies") can be really really bad...! At least in dogs and cats that's true. It basically makes their intestines into a big scrunchy (like the hair tie) and then cuts into the intestine.

Your bag solution sounds like a really good one, though.

Right! I have new respect for the kinds of things that can pass through
a lizard!!
He did pass 2 coiled balls ofthe moss on seperate days, on the 3rd day
is when I had to pull it out of him.
All total, it was several inches of moss.
At least it was very soft moss, still, for a while, I thought I was going
to loose a gecko.