Substrate Coir peat!!! Have i bought the right one!!!

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

Hi everyone, I went to bunnings today to buy the Coir peat bricks! Just need to know if I have bought the right one....


Thanks everyone!

 

[Kc_read]

Im using the same thing at the moment, my swcp doesnt like to come down tl the floor so i dont know what his thorts on it are. 1 brick covered 1.2m x 0.6m so roughly a metre square

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[bowdnboy]

WHat r u using it for?

Ive used these for my egg laying bedding for yrs for my beardies. Am about to start using in my tree snake enclosures also as the bulk of the substrate on the floor. If I'm not mistaken, this is pretty much the same as the kritters crumble?? Let me know please if im wrong there!

Just make sure theyre not the ones with the added fertiliser.

Cheers

 

[thomasssss]

thats the one i use and was recommended by the breeder

wow you 2 are quick i use it with my womas they both seem to like it and the female keeps using her head as a shovel its kinda funny to watch , when you wet it down to expand it to help it dry quicker i put it in to an old towel and wrapped it up like a kangaroos tail you hit people with and sort of squeezed all the water out buy twisting it up worked well for me then i just left it to finish drying

 

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

WHat r u using it for?

Ive used these for my egg laying bedding for yrs for my beardies. Am about to start using in my tree snake enclosures also as the bulk of the substrate on the floor. If I'm not mistaken, this is pretty much the same as the kritters crumble?? Let me know please if im wrong there!

Just make sure theyre not the ones with the added fertiliser.

Cheers

Yes pretty much the same, i checked that I didnt get the one with the fertiliser, but was told by a herper bunnings worker that this was totally unsuitable for reps.... Just using as i would kritters crumble...

Thanks KC and Thomassss

 

[bowdnboy]

Hmmmm..Ok I wonder why?

Is kritters crumble for want of a better word "sterilised" or treated/cleaned further or something???

The only thing I think of is after dissolving the brick in water to seperate, make sure its totally dried out agin before mixing your pythons (I/m assuiming) due to the higher humidity it would create. I on the other hand by using it with my tree's arent too concerned with the humidity, although I'll still be drying it out a little.

 

[saximus]

It's the right one. Pro tip - don't use the recommended amount of water, you will get a soup. Use 2 litres and use really hot tap water. You might have to break down some bits by hand but you will be able to put it straight into the enclosure (it will still be quite damp and probably create condensation but in about a week it will have dried out)

 

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

Thanks Sax.

 

[AndrewHenderson]

I live up in a hot area, I mix about 8 or so bricks at once to rehydrate then lay it on a tarp in the sun and dry it back out. It's great stuff. I use the coarse stuff for my BHPs and they bury themselves in it.

 

[wasgij]

that one should be fine, I use brunnings brand coco-peat for all my herps and frogs though.
nvm just realised same brand... they must have to different types then, interesting.

 

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

So happy I have got the right one and proved the woman at bunnings wrong!!! LOL

 

[Tassie97]

I just bought a brick of this yesterday!!! for my sheoaks! I finally found some! lol

 

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

big difference in price compared to kritters crumble hey....

 

[AndrewHenderson]

Considering it is the exact same stuff yeah it is! Exo terra do the same bricks but packaged with their branding, 16 bucks I saw it for sale for in a pet shop! the ones you have to watch out for is the ones that say with added fertiliser, if you look on the brunnings web page you can see a pic of the packaging of that one.

 

[Justdragons]

i use it for my EWD's and they love to dig in it and it doesnt matter if it gets wet or holds a little humidity..

 

[TRIGGZIE]

just a quick question ive been told that it can cause respiratory problems as when it dries out it becomes a fine dust....i did get some and is still currently drying out. i use a course critters crumble and know there is a fine mix but have be told you keep that moist for GTP and frogs etc atm but this is a cheap alternative but dont what these issue any advise would be nice....... as for the one it the pic i think that has added fertilizer could be wrong though
cheers

 

[Sezzzzzzzzz]

the one in the pic doesnt have added fertilizer... There is another one that does... I have not heard of the resp probs and will look forward to the answers on your thread before I use it...

 

[Snowman]

What does the health warning on the top right actually say?

 

[imported_Varanus]

I've used it with Lacies and Scrub Pythons, young and old, without any sign of R.I's, if that helps.

 

[Tassie97]

i just mixed some up for my sheoaks and they seem to love it