Exo Terra Stone Desert Substrate Substrate - Natural Desert Soil for Arid Reptile Enclosures

• Natural desert soil, no added dyes or chemicals
• Ideal to create your own desert or savannah landscape
• Allows you to create outcrops, tunnels and burrows
• Stimulates natural digging and burrowing behaviour
• Does not collapse once dry
• Excellent heat conductor

The Exo Terra Stone Desert mimics the natural soil found in arid regions, like deserts or savannahs. Most desert soils are not purely sand-based but rather a combination of sand, decomposed granite and clay resulting in interesting and sometimes colorful rock formations. Exo Terra’s Stone Desert allows you to create your own desert or savannah landscape, including cool-humid burrows as well as warmer elevated basking areas. The cool-humid burrows allow your reptiles to absorb the much needed moisture via their skin while sleeping or hiding, while the warmer elevated basking areas help your reptiles to thermoregulate by offering various important temperature gradients.

Lightly moisten the Stone Desert substrate to shape naturalistic hills, burrows and basking platforms for your animals. Once dry, the Stone Desert will retain its shape, while still allowing your reptiles to further execute their natural digging and burrowing behavior. You can cover the complete floor space with landscaped Stone Desert, or create landscaped parts and fill up the remaining terrarium floor space with Exo Terra Stone Desert or Exo Terra Desert Sand. Stone Desert can also be used to secure heavy decor items, like branches or rock formations.

True to Nature:

Substrates in natural terrariums serve many functions and are not only there for decorative purposes. They play a very important role in the determination of the terrarium's microclimate. The Exo Terra® Stone Desert Landscaping Substrates mimic the natural soil found in arid deserts or savannah regions. Most desert soils are not purely sand-based but rather a combination of sand, decomposed granite and clay resulting in interesting and sometimes colorful rock formations. The Exo Terra® Landscaping Substrates allow you to create your own natural desert or savannah landscape. Exo Terra® Landscaping Substrates can also be used to secure heavy decor items, like branches or rock formations. The Exo Terra® Landscaping Substrates show excellent heat conductivity as well!

Create Tunnels & Burrows:

The Exo Terra® Stone Desert Landscaping Substrates allow you to create your own desert or savannah landscape, including cool-humid burrows as well as warmer elevated basking areas. The cool-humid burrows allow your reptiles to absorb the much needed moisture via their skin during their sleep or when hiding, while the warmer elevated basking areas help your reptiles to thermoregulate by offering various important temperature gradients.

Stimulates Natural Behavior:

With the Exo Terra® Landscaping Substrates it is very easy to shape naturalistic hills, burrows and basking platforms for your animals. Once formed, the Landscaping Substrate will retain its shape, while still allowing your reptiles to further execute their natural digging and burrowing behavior. You can cover the complete floor space with landscaped substrate, or create landscaped parts and fill up the remaining terrarium floor space with Exo Terra® Desert Substrate. The Exo Terra® Landscaping Substrates consist of a specific mixture of natural desert sand and natural clay, without the addition of coloring agents or chemicals.