Two Substrates?

[BeardedChild]

I have researched that a part of bearded dragons' natural habitat is sand and that a lot of people have two substrates for their bearded dragons and don't feed their beardies in the sand. Should I wait for my beardie to become an adult and then have half loose substrate? Or should I just not have it at all? I will also do more research on the specific substrate and not use calcium sand. Thank you

 

[KarrieRee]

Most on here do not recommend sand at all --- too much risk for impaction plus it harbors bacteria -- maybe some sort of bioactive area would be good -- some others on here would need to advise on that topic
Karrie

 

[BeardedChild]

Thank you so much! I will try that.

 

[Wickedpogana]

i have post on here breaking down arid bioactives, sand is awful when used by itself is dirty and dusty will cause URI they cant get a good footing on it and the list goes on, Bioactive has sand in the mix i used playsand some use silica sand, i would do some with Slate rock not slate tile but slate rock and the rest bioactive :study: They dont live on sand thats a coastal dune habitat im sure they can pass it sometime during a lifespan in the wild but beardies live and thrive in Woodslands and scrublands and even sub tropical savnnahs