Loose substrate for enrichment

[Javier]

Hey guys I plan on customizing a 4x2x2 enclosure with multi levels for my little guy and I've been watching the popularity go up on these bioactive enclosures. I'd love to give him loose substrate but I hear so many negative things about it - particularly regarding impaction.

My plan is to foam off a section of the enclosure, maybe a foot and a half give or take and build like a sandbox for him. I don't want to have an actual Tupperware in the enclosure, I feel like its an eye sore. The other part of the enclosure would be some sort of natural tile where he would be fed on to avoid ingesting sand.

What do we think?

 

[Skybug]

Hey guys I plan on customizing a 4x2x2 enclosure with multi levels for my little guy and I've been watching the popularity go up on these bioactive enclosures. I'd love to give him loose substrate but I hear so many negative things about it - particularly regarding impaction.

My plan is to foam off a section of the enclosure, maybe a foot and a half give or take and build like a sandbox for him. I don't want to have an actual Tupperware in the enclosure, I feel like its an eye sore. The other part of the enclosure would be some sort of natural tile where he would be fed on to avoid ingesting sand.

What do we think?

Let me start this off by saying, NO SUBSTRATE IS 100% SAFE, BUT they’re safer options, the main REASONS dragons eat their substrate are: bad diet, missing supplements/vitamins, accidental ingestion (not bowel feeding) not introducing substrate early enough.

I think u should foam up a tupperwear bowel (make it look how you want then put the sand in it) I regret putting sand just freely in my enclosure, although it is held back , ill have to vacuum it out when the time comes… I highly recommend substrates, stay away from super dusty ones, dont do more than 1/3 of the enclosure in sand, and u should do just fine
,everyone has their opinion on substrate as u will find.