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I put a small sandbox in my beardie's habitat. He mostly ignores it, but runs thru it here and there. But the past few days, he's taken to jumping in and digging like mad. Is this common? I know female dragons lay eggs, but if he turns out to be a she (I'm unsure at this point) she's about 12 inches. It seems young/small to lay eggs. Thoughts? Should I leave it and let Carson dig, or take it out? I don't feed him in the tank and he doesn't eat it on it's own, so ingestion shouldn't be an issue.

My dragon is kept on sand all the time. I removed him from the sand for 3 weeks because I thought he had some in his eye. But its better and he seems back to normal.

Anway, I've noticed him digging sometimes, and when he does I feed him a few crickets, or add some fresh bearded dragon food, and he rather quickly hurries over to it.

So, all that means is that he may want a snack...

Just a thought, I'm far from an expert.
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Leopard Geckos
Sahara (Normal)
Ghost (Blizzard)
"The Baby" (year old Albino)

Bearded Dragons
Junior(hopefully male/unsexed)

noticed I did say I keep the dragon on sand.

Just wanted to point out that it is very small digestable calcuim sand. And on top of that I sifted and made sure it was very well crushed before addind it to the enclosure.

But I did see him get a little once when lunging for a cricket. Now he is just a little more cautious.

I would keep him on slate or something like I do my leos, but I read Phillipi DeVosilj say he has kept all of his dragons on sand w/ no problem ever. So, I just be careful about it.
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Leopard Geckos
Sahara (Normal)
Ghost (Blizzard)
"The Baby" (year old Albino)

Bearded Dragons
Junior(hopefully male/unsexed)

You said your dragon is about 12". How old is he/she?

You really should sex your dragon it is very easy. Here is a web address with pictures and instructions.

http://www.dachiu.com/sexing.html

A note to the other poster. Calci-sand is very risky. You should be using childrens play sand. I get mine from Toys R Us. You don't need to sift it or anything if your dragons are over 12". Make sure there is no silica warning on the bag and it is not called Silica Sand if you choose another supplier of play sand.

I personally don't like sand at all and would never use or recommend it for use to anyone. Although it is ok for dragons over 12" and i would still not feed on it just to be safe. Also like bdlvr stated calci sand is a very iffy situation, i personally don't think they should even make or sell it on the market for any herp, but please read what can happen with calci sand, the dragons would also not be found on calci sand in the wild, just a thought.

So then would a slate setup be good for the beardie?

Like the leos?
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Leopard Geckos
Sahara (Normal)
Ghost (Blizzard)
"The Baby" (year old Albino)

Bearded Dragons
Junior(hopefully male/unsexed)

Slate would be fine. My dragons and I just love the sand though.

Yea slate or tile! Paper towels or news paper. It works!!

My little male loves to dig, he is always trying to get under one of the rocks I have in his set up.