Dwaggie
Bearded Dragon Egg
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hello!
i have a little question
my beardie (5 y, female) had been on sand all her life before she came to me two months ago. A week ago, i switched to linoleum floor with some rocks to climb on and a self-made climbing/basking/hiding... block.
since she's started to scratch on the floor, I'm thinking she might miss a place to dig.
so, i'll give her a digging box.
question is, will cheap ole playsand be alright?
would dry cocofibre / coconut soil be better?
something else entirely?
in all honesty, impaction doesn't worry me, she's been fine on sand for 5 years, i hand-feed her for the most part (because she's a picky butt and won't touch her greens until i wriggle them in her face) and she has regular morning poops (she'll skip a day or so per week, but usually she goes in the morning before i leave for work, so... it should be okay)
i need to watch my money, so (dry, of course) cocofibre or playsand would be awesome, since they're super cheap to come by
but i'll go for something else if that's still too much an impaction risk
oh, one more thing.
will it be enough for the box to be roughly as long/wide as she is? or does it need to be larger?
i'm planning on making a ladder of some sorts, so she can climb into it, and fill the box half-high with substrate, so it won't get all over the place too quickly.
i was thinking about 10 cm / around 4ish inch high for the substate
i have a little question
my beardie (5 y, female) had been on sand all her life before she came to me two months ago. A week ago, i switched to linoleum floor with some rocks to climb on and a self-made climbing/basking/hiding... block.
since she's started to scratch on the floor, I'm thinking she might miss a place to dig.
so, i'll give her a digging box.
question is, will cheap ole playsand be alright?
would dry cocofibre / coconut soil be better?
something else entirely?
in all honesty, impaction doesn't worry me, she's been fine on sand for 5 years, i hand-feed her for the most part (because she's a picky butt and won't touch her greens until i wriggle them in her face) and she has regular morning poops (she'll skip a day or so per week, but usually she goes in the morning before i leave for work, so... it should be okay)
i need to watch my money, so (dry, of course) cocofibre or playsand would be awesome, since they're super cheap to come by
but i'll go for something else if that's still too much an impaction risk
oh, one more thing.
will it be enough for the box to be roughly as long/wide as she is? or does it need to be larger?
i'm planning on making a ladder of some sorts, so she can climb into it, and fill the box half-high with substrate, so it won't get all over the place too quickly.
i was thinking about 10 cm / around 4ish inch high for the substate