play sand

[verruckt]

So I'm taking my wood to lowes in the morning. There going to do all the cuts I need on there table saw. Was thinking about making 2 enclosures and have them stackable but I'm just doing the one for now. I will make a diy thread about it and post the link to that thread in here for anyone interested.

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[verruckt]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=418769

 

[snakefin]

If the beardie will eat real plants, wouldn't it try to eat the fake plants as well? Genuine question.

 

[MechagGodzilla615]

If the beardie will eat real plants, wouldn't it try to eat the fake plants as well? Genuine question.

Some times they try. Most often the plastic leafs pass. Some times not. They quickly learn what is not edible. Watch them when you intoduce anything new into their enviorment.

 

[foto69man]

well if you are still looking for ideas..............here are some pictures from another persons field herping in Australia......coincidentally he seen beardies in their natural habitat...

so here you go:

 

[Younglin]

I would get a beardie but they get so boring as they get older lol.

 

[foto69man]

I would get a beardie but they get so boring as they get older lol.

Really? Mine is 2yrs old and he still surprises me sometimes with the things he does. Now he won't act like a dog, but if that's what you want, you'd buy a dog...have you ever given a beardie that cat toy which is a plastic ball with a bell inside? Try it and tell me if you still think they are boring

 

[snakefin]

With regards to the general idea of the particular matter debate, I previously found an article from an australian writer about how impaction was still a possible beardie killer in the wild. Since that would mean that beardies die in the wild due to substrate issues, it would no longer be safe to use particular substrates without identifying the realistic truth involved. Play sand would then be more risky than would be non-particulate substrates, and we should as beardie keepers be more responsible by eliminating all risk? I don't know.

 

[Younglin]

I have seen bigger ones ( older than yours I bet) that do NOTHING except sit around and sun bath all day. My friend has one that he has had for years, I'm not sure exactly how old it is, and it never moves. It is like a foot and a half long and I have never seen it move from its rock.

 

[foto69man]

With regards to the general idea of the particular matter debate, I previously found an article from an australian writer about how impaction was still a possible beardie killer in the wild. Since that would mean that beardies die in the wild due to substrate issues, it would no longer be safe to use particular substrates without identifying the realistic truth involved. Play sand would then be more risky than would be non-particulate substrates, and we should as beardie keepers be more responsible by eliminating all risk? I don't know.

I was gonna be a nice guy and not say anything, but I agree with you...as do the vast majority of owners that frequent BeardedDragon.org

I use slate tile...........easier to clean, won't create dust, doesn't hold in bacteria like sand...and at no matter what age, no risk of impaction.

just my two cents...but why take a chance with a life you spent money on, that can live with you for the next 15-25 years?




and P.S. .............the reason i threw those pics up, is that australia is not all desert.........beardies are often found in woodland and grassland areas......as well as up trees(must think they are ATBs or ETBs )