i cant buy any garden soil or substrate can i use paper towels instead??i saw them at a petshop can i do this??
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You can use paper towels as a substrate, you just have to make sure you change it daily. Keep them wet too. Just to reiterate, you really have to change them every day. Even if they don't poop, they urinate a lot and that is enough to add ammonia which is very harmful to them. I use Filter foam for a couple of my frogs and have to change this every day as well.
I'm assuming you're referring to Pacman frogs since it's in that category.
Edit: I also wanted to mention that if you use paper towel you should also have some kind of hide/fake plants or something in there for the frog to hide in since they have nothing to burrow in. This makes them more comfortable in their home.
Yea I agree with Pluke if it's a Pacman they NEED it changed every day it gets grody
What if for my asian greenback im using aquarium gravel(temporary) it still has a tiny tail
You can use it for pretty much anything as long as it's changed daily. A lot of people use paper towels for all sorts of herps, especially babies, because it's easy to clean and safe if used right. Just make sure that it's wet for your frog, you want to keep it wet.
Tried using it once just to feed a fish on to keep the substrate clean. She got a decent chunk of it with her when she went to eat the fish. Paper towel is fairly good for impaction but enough will imapct and herp and its not worth the risk. And naturally nowhere on the planet has paper towel as its natural flora so I doubt any creature would be happier on it then soil.
Would it make a difference? Both are an impaction risk in my opinion. The one time I put paper towel in my frogs tank she ate a good chunk of it
Every substrate you can use comes with a risk of impaction, some are just less risky than others. He can't get coco fiber or soil he said and he asked if he can use paper towel, which you can. Paper towel is a much better option than what he is using currently, gravel. It does pose a risk, but not as big of a risk as gravel would. Just be careful when feeding, perhaps even remove the paper towel when you do feed and use that time to do your daily change as well.
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