What should I use?

[Guest]

I am so confused.. lol...
My son's grandmother got him a Tegu, we are all really excited about it!
I received all the supplies she bought for him at ZooMed.com, and I have 3 different substrates for the lil guy. I am not sure if I am supposed to use all of them or what?
Any help with this would be very appreciated.

I have-
25qt bag of Douglas Fir Bark

10qt of Ground English Walnut shells

5 lbs of Excavator Clay Burrowing subtrate

Which one do I use, if any?

I can return whatever I dont need, and get what I do need.

Also I have this Repti Heat Cave, I am no reptile expert, but I have heard that these rocks can burn reptiles... so should I put it in there and just not plug it in, or just return it?

 

[kaa]

I would just use the bark. or return that and get some mulch. Get rid of the heat cave. Get something he can hide in and get cool in. If you haven't already, check out the care sheet on here.

 

[Guest]

so they dont need sand to burrow? and what kind of mulch should I use?

 

[kaa]

Cypress, They burrow in the mulch. The sand can be bad for them.

 

[Guest]

Thank you! I am going to get what I need now, and I will return the rest to reptiledirect.com... it wasnt zoomed.com
=)

 

[tora]

Yeah I use a mix of soil and cypress mulch.