Digging Area

[carpedraconum]

Hello,

I recently built new homes for a couple of my dragons and I have a patch that is roughly 2feet by 1.5feet that is just exposed melamine. I notice the dragons go to that side and attempt to dig in the corners. My thought way to make a dense digging substrate similar to that used with a gravid female. I have been keeping an eye on eating habit and now I have converted them to reptiworms there is no real risk of ingestion during feeding since they eat in a bowl. I was thinking that I would use the sand and soil mix or try and find some sort of dense sand. I think the density would help prevent impaction instead of it all being loose, but i figured I would ask the forum to see if this was even a decent idea.

Thanks,

Drew

 

[kylesaurus]

bump, because I am looking for the same thing. I don't want to use sand, but my beardie loves to dig holes and sleep in them

 

[ChinelleKitten]

One thing the vet told me to do was to make them a "sandbox." So i bought a shallow baking pan and filled it with sand and my beardie can dig in there if he feels the need lol. The sandbox is just in one corner and the rest of his tank is repticarpet. Hopefully that may help

 

[kylesaurus]

I have a sandbox too. It fills little less than half of the 40 gallon tank. and its 4 inches tall so he can drag food into it. He basks on the log in there and loves to dig holes and sleep at night.