Critter carpet or?

[MadamDragon]

I'm trying to see what people on here like to use best for their beardies enclosure ground. At the moment I have carpet but I would like to get her something else.

 

[Canicke]

i use repticarpet and paper towels. others use tile or newspaper. not recommended : sand (of any kind) bark (of any kind) jarich posted a how to on a bioactive substrate : http://beardeddragonforum.com/threads/bioactive-soil-as-a-substrate-choice-11152/ pretty awesome

 

[Hdrydr31]

I use tiles as my main then on the sleeping areas I have reptile carpet.

 

[PatsyB]

I switch between repticarpet and non adhesive shelf liner.

 

[jeb]

I use tiles as my main then on the sleeping areas I have reptile carpet.

That's a good idea... have you found the tile to help at all with their nails?

 

[Hdrydr31]

That's a good idea... have you found the tile to help at all with their nails?

I think to some degree the tiles do help, but I also trim my bd's nails myself when they are asleep.

 

[jeb]

I think to some degree the tiles do help, but I also trim my bd's nails myself when they are asleep.

Wow, so they're heavy sleepers. Good to know!

 

[Hdrydr31]

Wow, so they're heavy sleepers. Good to know!

Oh yes! They sleep HARD it's pretty funny actually. My 1 year old Izzy she sleeps so hard I'll remove her from her little blanket she sleeps on while on my lap during the evening walk into the kitchen weigh her and take her to her tank and put her under her half log..Rarely does she wake during this process and if she does it's when I put her on the scale (it's glass so maybe chilly) she'll look at me for a sec then back asleep. My Simon who's almost 5 months he will open his eyes but doesn't move around when I move him at night..

I just put them on a towel then put one over their body and expose a leg at a time. Sometimes they will pull the leg back but for the most part it makes for easy trimming..

 

[Elders]

Can't agree more; Odins dead to the world when hes gone to sleep....arms and legs hanging down when I move him off his wall at night.....i put him down and have to sort out his arms and legs because they go all over the place...

 

[Hdrydr31]

Can't agree more; Odins dead to the world when hes gone to sleep....arms and legs hanging down when I move him off his wall at night.....i put him down and have to sort out his arms and legs because they go all over the place...

lol that's awesome about the legs mine are like that too lol

 

[jeb]

Can't agree more; Odins dead to the world when hes gone to sleep....arms and legs hanging down when I move him off his wall at night.....i put him down and have to sort out his arms and legs because they go all over the place...

That is so funny! It's also good to know. I bet there are people who think their dragon is having some health emergency of they don't know that beforehand.