from these materials, which three are the top BEST insulators? and explain why.fiberglass, wool, bubble gum wrap, foam, steel wool, polystrene, plastic, rubber, wood, aluminum, silver wrapping of chocolate bar, rockwool, cellululose, polyurethane foam, extruded polysterene foam, expanded polystrene foam, polyisocyanurate foam, and vermiculitebest answer gets 10 points, i SWEAR :D thx
as per your question I would not use vermiculite as a substrate for the same reason I do not use sand. impaction! I use a large enough gravel that they cannot easily swallow and does not stick to their toungue as easy. any wood products can be easily ingested. carpet is probably the best route to go as lizardgirl said. you can use vermiculite for egg laying but only because it holds moisture and is diggable.
I use reptile carpet to prevent impaction. In many cases, Calci-Sand has been reported to have caused impaction. However, it is not alone; any type of pellets (such as Rabbit Pellets), pebble-like substrates, and several dried plant-based substrates are also known to present a high risk. Play sand can also cause impaction if it is ingested on a regular basis, or if a great deal of it is ingested at one time. But if you want to use sand use play sand but feed it in a different tank.
Calci sand. Thats their natural substrate in the desert
