Not for pancakes no. It won't be suitable for a laying female either. Your going to have to go the baking a cake routine for the best suitable substrate for this species. Sorry.Hi Everyone, have any of you ever used JUST crushed oyster shell as a substrate? And if so, how has it been working for you? (A further note: I'm attempting to keep it simple..as in not having to mix a bunch of different stuff like I'm baking a cake or something. I'll do what's best though as I am a responsible keeper and have had one pancake for about 8 years now and she (like always) is doing great…and about her…for 8 years that I've had her she has alway lived on stone slabs and NOT ANY substrate + stone home, etc. But am seriously thinking of using oyster shell in a larger (15' square foot) enclosure when I put the two I have together).
Hi everyone! I don't use that.never tried it. I use reptile carpet for my babies, so the don't eat dirt or bark. My adults love to dig. The male too. I use eco earth loose coconut fiber and bark chips mixed. Lots of things to climb as well.Let's give a shout out to @african cake queen She keep pancakes.
Flip a rock in the dessert in the morning and you will find moisture.something that approximates there natural environment in the hot desert like conditions they deal with in the higher arid regions (plus hilly/rocky regions as well of north western Kenya.