The big problem with a heat rock minus that they could burn your beardie is that they perfer overhead light. The basking light and UVB lights make the cage bright which makes your beardie eat more. If you put a rock under a basking light that rock will heat up to high temps for your beardie. I perfer to use sand a and tiles. Beardies use hides/burrows to hide from animals that would eat them and to nest. Your beardie doesn't have to worry about any animals eating him and as long as your cage has a nice range from 70's to 80's with a high basking temp around 110 you will not have to worry about a burrow. On top of that since you would not leave any eggs in your cage you would want to make a seperate nesting site which you would put your female into and allow your beardie to lay eggs in that. Some people are going to a soil/sand mixture but it has ups and downs like any other substance so I would say look into it a lot before doing that. Good luck with your beardie the more you read the better off you will be.

[ Show Entire Thread ]