vermiculite?

Hi, I know most use moss, but I heard that you can use vermiculite in a container and wet it to make the "moist" hide. Can vermiculite be used?

Vermiculite can be toxic when ingested. For moist hide, I recommend using either wet paper towels (for males and young hatchlings), or coco fiber (for female breeders and adults).

Some use moss, while moss is fine and non-toxic, geckos have been known to ingest it and get impacted from it. Imagine having to push out moss pieces. Reason paper towels is recommend for males and especially hatchlings is that there's zero impaction risk with paper towels. While coco fiber is recommended for females often because coco fiber moist hides are usually served as laybox during the breeding season as well.

Ok thanks, I have a female, but not interested in breeding. I'll try and find some coco fibre

I have a glad disposeable tupperware dish turned upsidedown so the lid is on the floor with a hole cut in the side and 4 layers o papertowels wet in there. Its on top of my warm hide and steams up nicely. Eros loves it, just mist every few days and it works great.