cornellA96
New member
Hi guys,
First time posting here!
I've so far been using prorep Beardie life substrate and had no issues, my Dragon loves it and eats out of dishes, so I've yet to see any issues from that side.
At his most recent check up I took a faecal sample in and he's got pinworms, we start the treatment today, so hopefully he won't be too grumpy with me for long!
Due to the nature of pinworms I'm going to be completely sanitising his 4x2x2 enclosure removing everything. To limit the risk of recontamination I'd like to change him on to a simple substrate and I've been looking at different options. One of the things I was considering was a basic floor mat, like you'd get for a garage or elsewhere.
https://www.halfords.com/tools/gara...ack-floor-mat-set---120cm-x-180cm-336870.html
The advantages I can see of using a mat like this as substrate are that it would be easy to clean as it's water resistant, I could get multiple sheets and just swap out when deep cleaning. It also eliminates any risk of impaction, and no loops like in reptile carpet for his claws to get stuck in (he has rocks and logs to file his nails down on passively).
I can't really see any major downside, I'm hoping some users here might have experience with using material like this for their beardies and be able to offer some advice.
Many thanks in advance!
First time posting here!
I've so far been using prorep Beardie life substrate and had no issues, my Dragon loves it and eats out of dishes, so I've yet to see any issues from that side.
At his most recent check up I took a faecal sample in and he's got pinworms, we start the treatment today, so hopefully he won't be too grumpy with me for long!
Due to the nature of pinworms I'm going to be completely sanitising his 4x2x2 enclosure removing everything. To limit the risk of recontamination I'd like to change him on to a simple substrate and I've been looking at different options. One of the things I was considering was a basic floor mat, like you'd get for a garage or elsewhere.
https://www.halfords.com/tools/gara...ack-floor-mat-set---120cm-x-180cm-336870.html
The advantages I can see of using a mat like this as substrate are that it would be easy to clean as it's water resistant, I could get multiple sheets and just swap out when deep cleaning. It also eliminates any risk of impaction, and no loops like in reptile carpet for his claws to get stuck in (he has rocks and logs to file his nails down on passively).
I can't really see any major downside, I'm hoping some users here might have experience with using material like this for their beardies and be able to offer some advice.
Many thanks in advance!