sdraiders619
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Ive always had bio active substrate for my Savannah monitor, and its worked great. So I was wondering why people dont do this chameleons. If tong fed no where near the substrate I can't see what the risk is.
bio active substrate?
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Carlton
Chameleon Enthusiast
A cham really doesn't spend time on the substrate so having one isn't as necessary as for a terrestrial burrowing herp like a monitor. Add in to that the risk of the cham picking up chunks of indigestible stuff on its tongue and damaging its GI tract, most of us don't bother with a substrate at all. A cham produces a lot less waste than a monitor so an absorbent material isn't as crucial for that either.
There's always a chance that a cham is attracted to something shiny or light colored (perlite, mica, beads of water) on the substrate surface and shoots at it. I've had chams who did this when they were roaming the house carpets. It's also why most of us cover our pot soil surface with river stones too.
