So for my dragon I've been using the Exo Terra sand mat. I shake it off before putting it in Pickles home to make sure any loose stuff comes off. I like it because it help wear his nails down. Now I'm being scolded that I'll kill my dragon with it and should be using reptile carpet. My question was won't his nails get caught in the carpet? So is the sand mat bad? Thoughts? I'm not a fan of tile because when I put Pickles down on my tile floor he slides and just stops moving and his beard gets black until I pick him up.
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Sand mats are not bad its just that they are spendy and hard to keep clean - you can get some textured NON adhesive shelf liner from home depot that others have in their tanks I use slated ceramic tile that has texture but is not course or rough smooth but w/ texture to it for wearing the nails down and non slippage
Karrie
Karrie
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the mat is very unsanitary, tile causes joint and limb damage after so long, make the correct housbandry choice and go bioactive
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