CooperDragon":uj817hjm said:A bioactive setup takes a lot more time and effort to get set up properly but tends to work well in the long run if you want to put forth the effort to do it properly. Dig boxes for egg laying are usually damp play sand and topsoil mixture but that doesn't apply if your dragon is a male. The traditional dig box can be messy so you may want to put in a pile of something like fleece blankets or fleece scraps that will allow digging and burrowing. Those are soft and also easy to clean if needed.
Then please don't make statements like:williamk34":3qqh4yov said:"Not trying to start a flame war in argument just giving a basic idea"
A difference of opinion is not a "simple myth"--it's a difference of opinion.it's just a simple myth that you can't have an arid reptiles in a bioactive setup
well all I'm going to say in my opinion it is simply just a myth I have multiple arid animals two bearded dragons ackie monitors I have worked with plenty of other ones both my bearded dragons are in fully bioactive enclosures I do very minimum amount of maintenance just have to replace the biodegradables every once in awhile since they do break downI've never not even once not even when the severe rains come to my area and the humidity is extremely high do I have any problems with humidity in their enclosures. No I will admit it's not for first time unless they prepare themselves some people get the hang of it quicker than the others. Before I started my own business I worked in a reptile house for 10 years building and designing enclosures mostly worked with monitor lizards. Almost two years ago now I started my research on bearded dragons looked up their environment seen their wide range in Australia hunted down what I found to be the best materials yes I may have had some questions whenever I dealt with my first one but it didn't take very long to figure it out and here I am now with two bearded dragons flourishing no issues I've taken them to the a very good repti vet in Pittsburgh closest place for me. so yes I was new to bearded dragons and I had already decided on the course of action I wanted to go on to but yes you are absolutely right I was not a new person to the reptile trade though. But saying that it is not appropriate not possible so on and so forth in my opinion is just false just like in your opinion it's not appropriate. Some people find it harder to maintain personally I don't but like I said I'm used to it personallyI find tropical environments to be a lot harder to actually maintain because they are more on a teeter too much in one direction can cause disaster from my experience you have a little bit more playing room before it becomes a problem.MrSpectrum":1svwbsnz said:Then please don't make statements like:williamk34":1svwbsnz said:"Not trying to start a flame war in argument just giving a basic idea"
A difference of opinion is not a "simple myth"--it's a difference of opinion.it's just a simple myth that you can't have an arid reptiles in a bioactive setup
Your lengthy post is a prime example of why, IMO, bioactives are not a good idea for arid clime reptiles, especially for first-timers.
Things do have to be set up exactly right, and maintained exactly right. And they are very unforgiving--not always, but often--requiring starting over from scratch if/when something isn't exactly right.
One more thing you forgot to mention besides the additional time & effort: the cost; more expensive to set up properly, more expensive to maintain properly, and more expensive to replace if/when something goes wrong.
Maybe I'm wacky ?, but I got a bearded dragon, and built a safe, easy to maintain enclosure to spend my time enjoying raising the little barstad--not spending as much or more of my time monitoring, maintaining, & futzing with the enclosure's ecosystem than with my dragon. YMMV, and obviously does. That doesn't make one of us right and the other a "myth". We're just into different aspects of the hobby.
I'll leave the rest of the cons for people to look into & decide for themselves.
Where did I say something wasn't possible? Please don't put words in my mouth.williamk34":250qunae said:But saying that it is not appropriate not possible so on and so forth in my opinion is just false just like in your opinion it's not appropriate.
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