>>By the way, I have ideas for the uro and possibly the beardie,

>>like I said, to have some way to mimic a somewhat natural

>>burrow. Which of these two do you think would feel more

>>natural?:

>>

>>-get a rubbermaid box, one of those ones that aren't see

>>through, and are about 14"x10"x7-8" I believe. Cut a 3" hole in

>>the side with a hole saw and put a flexible ribbed plastic tube

>>leading in. Fill the box up with a good dirt mixture, and put

>>some in the tube also. With this I would have just a thin layer

>>of dirt (an inch or two) covering the rest of the cage floor.

>>

>>-Put down the first layer of dirt. around 1" on one end of the

>>tank, but 2 or 2.5" or a little more on the other side

>>probably the warm side), and cover the higher part with a

>>piece of plywood, then cover that up with a thin layer of dirt,

>>and start to dig a little entrance underneath it...the basic

>>concept is that the plywood would act as the roof of the

>>burrow.



One to two inches? That's nothing. Go with a foot or so of substrate depth. Then they can really burrow!!!









Now that's one happy argus monitor!



Seriously, real depth of a burrowable substrate beats boxes, thin layers of dirt, and pieces of plywood any day.



Luke

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