Beardies best substrate

[bombay_biorb]

hi,i am looking into getting a bearded dragon with a 4x2x2ft viv and how many beardies could i keep without them fighting and for LIFE...and the main question. On the caresheets it says to use sand or news paper but ive seen loads with bark i would prefer sand or bark what are the down sides of them though?
please reply
thanks Connor:)
P.S i need loads of feedback!;)

[evilxyardxgnome]

A lot of people keep them on sand. But feeding should be done in a separate enclosure to reduce impaction. Also keeping the veggies on a small plate in the sand helps as long as there is no sand in the food.

[Gourami Swami]

Mostly anything you want. Sand, bed a beast, cocosoft, wood shavings, etc. With some things, be careful about impaction


PS-Why couldnt this go in the other topi about beardies?

[bombay_biorb]

y couldnt it??and i saw some coconut bark is this good?

[Gourami Swami]

coconut bark fiber based substrate is good. I use it with most of my herps

[bombay_biorb]

kl what about baby beardies im thinking...7-12 weeks?

[bombay_biorb]

o and while i got a thread going what sorta bulbs do they need basking and uvb...any thing else and how many Watts :P

[elevatethis]

Baby beardeds are best kept on paper towel until they are about 5'6" not counting the tail, which won't be long if you feed them right.

Young ones tend to be very enthusiastic about eating and it is no advisable to keep them on a loose substrate like sand, coconut husk, wood chips, bark, etc until they've grown up a little bit.

And never, ever use crushed walnut for bearded dragons, or any other herp for that matter. No matter what substrate you use, your animal will injest some of it at some point in time and crushed walnut can kill. I worked at a pet store and a customer had a necropsy done to explain the sudden death of an otherwise healthy bearded dragon - what do you know - its intestined were lined with impacted bits of crushed walnut shell.

[arowana man]

Baby beardeds are best kept on paper towel until they are about 5'6" not counting the tail, which won't be long if you feed them right.

Young ones tend to be very enthusiastic about eating and it is no advisable to keep them on a loose substrate like sand, coconut husk, wood chips, bark, etc until they've grown up a little bit.

And never, ever use crushed walnut for bearded dragons, or any other herp for that matter. No matter what substrate you use, your animal will injest some of it at some point in time and crushed walnut can kill. I worked at a pet store and a customer had a necropsy done to explain the sudden death of an otherwise healthy bearded dragon - what do you know - its intestined were lined with impacted bits of crushed walnut shell.
5' 6'' is a real big beardy. id believe a record. lol. j/k

[jason longboard]

5' 6'' is a real big beardy. id believe a record. lol. j/k
:ROFL:

[elevatethis]

5' 6'' is a real big beardy. id believe a record. lol. j/k

Looks like the typo-police got me!

For anyone lacking any common sense whatsoever, I meant five to six inches.