The labeling on a bag is meant to say the consumer about the product, without lying, but does not take them to list complications or issues that could grow as a solution of its use. (Unless the production were to be exploited for medicinal purposes. This is the description for a production called T-Rex Bone Aid Calci-sand (Calcium Sand). This is how the products sells itself to unsuspecting consumers.T-Rex Bone Aid Calci-sand: Made of 100% Calcium Carbonate. T-Rex Calci-Sand (being a mineral) is safe in direct link with heating elements. It conducts heat well and it is desirable for use with heat mats or cables buried under it to a shallow depth. It does not harbor mites and inhibits the growth of molds or fungus. T-Rex Calci-Sand makes spot cleaning both light and accurate. Calci-Sand clumps readily to wet waste material, drying it and preventing it from being spread throughout the enclosure. T-Rex Calci-Sand is now available in nine colors: Chocolate Brown, Red Rock, Natural White, Blue, Green, Cherry Red, Beige, Black ,Glo-in-the-Dark and the newest colors: Black granite and Red Rock Granite. All colours are created with F.D.A. approved natural food colorants.What the bag doesn't say is that calcium carbonate has a Mallinckrodt Chemicals Material Safety Data Sheet for safe handling. Material Safety Data Sheets are needed by companies when a chemical, mineral, solvent, or other product has been proved to cause sickness or harm to humans. They are needed by law, by all companies, that hold these materials. This is to inform the soul that may be handling this product so they love the consequences of improper handling. If you want to get this data for a product you purchased, you can meet the party and request admittance to this information. This is the MSDS for dealing with 100% pure calcium carbonate. Inhalation: Excessive concentrations of a nuisance dust may cause nuisance condition such as coughing, sneezing, and nasal irritation. Ingestion: Non-toxic. Skin Contact: Not expected to be a health risk from skin exposure. Eye Contact: No data found, but presumed to do mechanical irritation. Chronic Exposure: Excessive oral doses of calcium carbonate may produce alkalosis and hypercalcemi We are instructed to avoid using this merchandise for longer than 2 weeks unless being monitored by a doctor. Our reptiles are set on this material for months and age at a time. If it isn't good for us to use for longer than 2 weeks, what do you think it is good for your reptile? As your reptile eats stray food items on the calcium sand, insects in the calcium sand, or randomly licks and consumes the calcium sand, it is also "medicating" itself with an antacid. The more it consumes, the more neutralized the dot in the brook becomes. In high doses, this can easily contribute to an impaction as the reptiles acid would go so neutralized that it would no longer be capable to support any additional calcium sand. The reptiles ability to support its food adequately can be afflicted or can still be halted when excessive amounts have been ingested. It can also cause constipation. This in itself can be lethal as the trunk is needed to release the waste and byproducts from the foods consumed. If these are not expelled, toxicity can easily and readily become a severe issue. Toxic waste, once entered into the blood stream, can be fatal. In excessive doses, calcium carbonate is also famous as causing hypercalcemia. Hypercalcemia is an inordinate number of calcium in the blood. This can go to muscle weakness, psychological issues, nerve damage, spinal column curvature, and other serious issues. The dust produced by Calcium Sand can be inhaled. As your reptile stirs the dust up and inhales the dust produced and made airborne, they could get to have eye and lung irritation. The consumption of calcium sand , coupled with their calcium dish you should be providing as good as the dusting of their feeder insects can easily result in devastating consequences. Don't use this material and help educate anyone who tries to say you otherwise. On top of that, you're lizard is basically living in a big litter box, it's total of bacteria. It turns into bunches of goo inside (as it mentioned earlier, clumps fast for 'easy cleanup' only this happens inside your pet) your lizard causing death and it's no where about what they go on in the wild. Beardies rarely come across any sand, they spend most of their lives on hard, compact clay. There is no such matter as safe sand, no loose substrate is. A sound end to natural selection is slate tile or if you desire something easy to clean, paper towel, reptile carpet, newspaper yada yada.
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