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Ooh also, do you have real plants in the cage? I've been wanting to use real plants, but I'm not sure what my options are.

I use that too! 2 of my buttons go crazy in it and sand gets everywhere. My other 2 build nests with hay in the "orb" (what I like to call it). I have to use boxes for my coturnix since they are much bigger.

Awesome! I'll check it out. Thanks for the help!

Awesome, thanks for sending me the dirt info AND more importantly, for giving me the heads up that it smells bad. :lol:

Haha! Mine used to do that too. I had to get a different feeder to prevent them from flinging the food all over the place. You do make a good point about it being cost effective though! :D My white coturnix "dusts" in a towel. Weird bird.

Someone else recommended aquarium sand? Any thoughts on that?

That's a great tip. I think I'm going to end up doing a mix of dirt, sand, and dust as recommended by all of you. Do you have a recommended cook time for the dirt? I have both an oven and microwave.

I love seeing their excitement too! I'll look into the Play Sand. Thanks for the help!

Great suggestion. I didn't think about mixing the sand and dust together. Thanks for the help!

Awesome resource! Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

Hi everyone! I need some recommendations on safe, cost effective sand alternatives. I have 7 quails (4 buttons, 3 coturnix) that live indoor. I've been using chinchilla sand in their dust boxes and they seem to love it. I first tried chinchilla dust and was appalled at how it got EVERYWHERE...