Influence of enclosure design on the behaviour and welfare of Pogona vitticeps 📖

[MollyM]

Just read this super interesting and recent research article instead of doing my actual research for university (yay me) wanted to share it with you all !

 

[Sue E.]

That is interesting. Ive seen a huge change in Kai since he got the bioactive tank, though. He uses all of it all the time, climbs all his trees and logs, rests on different ledges during the day, digs up plants and digs for isopods, rests yes, but never ever seems bored.

 

[MollyM]

That is interesting. Ive seen a huge change in Kai since he got the bioactive tank, though. He uses all of it all the time, climbs all his trees and logs, rests on different ledges during the day, digs up plants and digs for isopods, rests yes, but never ever seems bored.

There are a lot of thing imo to discuss about this article but the first is that the term naturalistic is not referring to a bioactive setup but barely to a substrate that is not papertowels lol, I would love to see this research but bioactive vs naturlistic bc I also do think bioactive setup must be better for our beardie welfare!!

 

[Sue E.]

There are a lot of thing imo to discuss about this article but the first is that the term naturalistic is not referring to a bioactive setup but barely to a substrate that is not papertowels lol, I would love to see this research but bioactive vs naturlistic bc I also do think bioactive setup must be better for our beardie welfare!!

Well, Kais enclosure is really not that bioactive anymore...he dug up all his plants and ate all his isopods, so its more of a "nature after the apocalypse" enclosure these days lol. But he loves it with all his little beardie heart and uses every bit of it.

 

[Claudiusx]

Are you able to link the full article?

-Brandon

 

[MollyM]

Are you able to link the full article?

-Brandon

I will try!

 

[MollyM]

Here is :

Influence of enclosure design on the behaviour and welfare of Pogona vitticeps​

Denommé, Melanie

; Bakker, Natalie L

; Tattersall, Glenn J

.  PLoS One

; San Francisco Vol. 20, Iss. 6, (Jun 2025): e0322682. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0322682

 

[xp29]

Here is :

Influence of enclosure design on the behaviour and welfare of Pogona vitticeps​

Denommé, Melanie

; Bakker, Natalie L

; Tattersall, Glenn J

.  PLoS One

; San Francisco Vol. 20, Iss. 6, (Jun 2025): e0322682. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0322682

Thank you