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Bearded Floor

It does look neat. I don't know how it would actually do for a floor,though. It says that it's easy to clean, but it doesn't look like it would be. I have a rock in my bearded cage right now and it's a pain just to take that out to clean it. (it's probably about 20 lbs or so) I just like to stay with the 'tried and true' method myself. I just use sand for substrate with some driftlogs and rocks for decorations. Maybe someone else more experienced than I will leave their comment.
 
I wouldn't recommend using that substrate....i don't think it would be very comfy for the beardies to sleep on, or even just to run around on during the day.

I use paper towels now because it is very easy to clean their cages and has no risk of impaction. In the past I used sifted play sand. There is a slight risk of impaction with the sand but you can feed your beardy his crickets in a separate tub to avoid that.

-Courtney :)
 
I wouldn't think the beardies would like it to sleep on or the owner to clean up after a reptile with a metabolism as high as a bearded dragon. Might work for some lizards, but since beardies poo's tend to be softer with some fluids, I just think this would be a mess.

I can just imagine the water hole being a perfect potty and then the dragon drinking it too.... uck!

Beardie really do seem to like soft things to sleep on, that's why the sleeping mat carpets have gone over so well for them and they also learn it gets taken away when they make a mess on it, so they are easy to train to go in one area of the tank on a folded paper towel. We use a combo on all non particle substrates now on all the tanks, like shelf liner, paper towels and carpet. Then they are older, they get a sand box or sand pit to play in, some rarely go in them, some love them... what they all LOVE is their carpet to sleep on.

Babies and their combo's substates, before a sand box is added:
shelfliner_babies.jpg
 
yeah, i agree with the above posts, that loks like it would be awesome for a gecko or something, but i wouldn't really want one for a bearded dragon
 
ReptileKing, that avatar is hilarious.

Anyway, I've never had a problem with the sand (the calcium carbonate stuff). I've had many desert dwelling reptiles and they all have grown up strong and healthy. (the only beardie i had that didn't wasn't on sand, and was a rescue that was riddled with parasites, vet told me there was nothing i could do, though I did get him almost back to perfect health, before he passed away). I also feed insects in a differant container, to reduce any chance of impaction.

One thing I did try awhile back with just teh sand, was to put it in the cage, and mist it a bit, with some high heat, this caused the sand to "compact" and get a firm "shell" on the top layer, it looked fantastic and was very very similar to the desert I grew up in, as well as the deserts I've been to. I never put an animal in it, because at the time I was getting ready to move and had to sell most of what I had.
 
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