does anyone know where i can get some Vermiculite?
Ive used vermiculite with no problems.
definetly vermiculite for a laybox.it holds the moisture well is a nice soft substrate and can be released of excess water easily.
Vermiculite! Perilite is hard and porous and hard to tell if it is saturated or not. You can't squeeze out excess moisture with perilite, so it's hard to adjust for too much humidity. I don't know anyone who swears by perilite, but vermiculite has been used for ages. Fireside3
I have been experimenting with both for a few years now. I like the perlite for use with my bearded dragon and crested gecko eggs. It seems to keep the humidity up without the eggs actually touching any moisture. However, last year I tried perlite with a clutch of my albino kingsnakes and my clutch of arizona mountain kings, and all of both clutches molded and perished, while all my clutches from my other snakes in the same incubator hatched with around a 95% hatch rate. I think the vermiculite is easier to judge the humidity (most of the time). This is only my personal experience, and only over the past few years. By the way, what will you be hatching? Good luck!
i have only ever seen perlite used to grow olive tree cuttings but it helps with regulating the temperatures and aerating. can give humans an itchy ticlke in the throat and burns the eyes (if it happens to get in them, which is quite easy to happen). couldnt see it being for the skin or scales on reptiles, where did you get this idea from? is it common practice?
