Gormagon
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Wickedpogana":22aijp9z said:The bacteria and fungi is no issue that's why you have clean up crew , and they do lick everything but a few grains womt hurt if your husbandry is correct and u feed out of bowls and dragons live in arid conditions with there are arid bioactiveGormagon":22aijp9z said:My problem with boiactive is (though quite EYE pleasing) ""health issues"".
Moist soil is a breeding ground for bacteria and fungi. Both are detrimental to a dragons health. Respiratory infections and scale rot would high on the list and would have a devastating outcome. Not to mention the fact that they tend to lick everything and boiactive substrates could be ingested causing an impaction risk.
So with all of that being said, I will not risk the lives of my dragons so their homes would be more eye appealing.
If you must go bioactive.... Get an animal suited for that environment.
Substrates it's not only enriching for you to look at but its best for him with live plants and being able to dig and natural find bugs in the substrate like they would in the wild bioactive substrate is the best route I have two substrates tile on one side and bioactuve on the other impaction is caused by incorrect housing not licking at his substrate and you can coat it with coconut fiber to make it more packed and wont get in the air and it wont get in the air if u have the right mix to begin with and leaf litter on top wont let him scoop it up and it's as simply as watching your dragons behaviors.Any dragon I've seen on bioactive is more healthy the owner does more research and knows more and isnt lazy with it there is no health issues with bioactive as much as you made it seem the clean up crew will eat the substrate and poop it out making it more nutritious having them on just sand is what you made it sound like
You can do it any way you want, in the end it's your dragon. As you stated bioactive can go south if not monitored closely. I have a 10hr a day job (in the off season) , 12 to 16hrs a day/ 7 days a week in spring and fall. I can't stay on top of something like that if I wanted to. I'm not lazy!!!
Personally I steer clear of advising ANYTHING that might harm someone else's dragon.... I couldn't sleep thinking that I did.