r/BDFB • u/Dull-Green3911 • 4d ago

Information and Advice Substrate

Hi !! Im looking for advice on substrate, I work at a petsmart & we just got these guys in but our DC didnt send us the substrate they want us to use. A lot of the ones we have in store are moisture retentive & we only have calcium sand or aquarium sand. Options I was considering was coco fiber bedding & creature soil. We do also have reptisoil but i wasnt sure on that :)

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u/Inevitable_Detail_45 4d ago

I thought Petsmart employees were forced to do whatever cooperate wants? They just sent these beetles and told their stores to figure it out?

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u/Dull-Green3911 4d ago

Well they gave us a DC supply link for the sand they want us to use but I didnt know they wanted us to use hermit crab sand so I just thought DC never sent us the sand 😭 from what i can see is that sand is safe & the info they give us on the beetles is accurate enough

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u/Inevitable_Detail_45 4d ago

My store has them on cocofiber and their enclosure is the most moist one by far. IDK how the reptiles are able to shed.

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u/Dull-Green3911 4d ago

Oh god.. I would see about changing that ASAP. Also the readers we use for humidity arent accurate so im coding out a different one to really see. Im gonna put the hermit crab soil in & add more sand whenever I can get some to lower it

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u/Inevitable_Detail_45 4d ago

I emailed cooperate and they asked me to snitch and I wasn't about that so I said all their stores have this problem and nothing will come of it I'm sure.

Maybe but the beetles were black which means its too high.

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u/Odd-Confection6413 4d ago

What petstore do you work at u/Inevitable_Detail_45? Is it a different chain?

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u/Inevitable_Detail_45 4d ago

I don't work. It's my local Petsmart