A digger's woes

[DSMotherOfDragons]

We recently changed from sand to reptile carpet, per the vet's suggestion, after my beardie got a bit of sand in her eye (for the first time in her 9 years of life). Holly has always been a digger by nature. She has a specific area of her enclosure where she likes to dig and nuzzle her belly into something soft. She's been trying to dig through this carpet, obviously to no avail, and she seems really frustrated about it. Is this something she'll get used to or can anyone suggest a type of substrate just to put in that corner where she likes to dig?

 

[Elemental Dragon Lord]

play sand is dustless and should be fine

 

[PatsyB]

I'm thinking outside the box.... I wonder if strips of a soft fabric like fleece would work? If they were a big enough strip so she wouldn't want to eat them, it might work.

 

[DSMotherOfDragons]

I'm thinking outside the box.... I wonder if strips of a soft fabric like fleece would work? If they were a big enough strip so she wouldn't want to eat them, it might work.

Something along those lines might work well. I think she wants a little "bed" of sorts. She digs at the regular (bedroom) carpet the same way before she snuggles in a spot.

 

[PatsyB]

Have you ever just tried giving her a blanket to crawl into? Maybe that's all she needs.

 

[jarich]

I might be sounding like a broken record to some but you can always go with a bioactive soil substrate.

 

[PatsyB]

I might be sounding like a broken record to some but you can always go with a bioactive soil substrate.

I almost mentioned that

 

[DanielE]

I almost mentioned that

That Jarich sounds like a brot record or the bioactive soil lol jk

 

[jarich]

I almost mentioned that

The soil or that Im a broken record?

 

[PatsyB]

The soil