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I was going to get some playsand from wally world, but not sure if it is the right kind. Is all playsand the same? Also, I would like to here from as many people as possible about what they use for their adult bearded dragons. I have heard every thing from newspaper to parakeet seed so am slightly unsure about what to use. I want to use the sand, but will impaction be a real problem with an adult? Thanks for your time, Jake.

P.S. For those of you that love sand, at what size do you swith your babies from paper towls to sand?
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3.1 Frilled Dragons
1.0 Adult Albino Corn
0.1.1 Normal Corns
1.1 Creamcicle Corns
0.0.1 Crimson Corn
0.3 Normal Leopard geckos
1.0 High Yellow Leo
1.2 Albino Leos
0.0.8 Baby Bearded Dragons
0.0.4 D. Leucomelas

I'm not a sand lover, but have kept my beardies on sand. The walmart washed playsand is fine. Beardies can be placed on sand when 10" long.
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TheClassyLizard

I don't like any type of sand either.. but I've heard silica free playsand is the best (with the finest grain possible). Whatever substrate you use (aside from carpet, paper towels or newspaper), I wouldn't feed them on it.. use a large tupperware for feeding and set the dragon right in the tupperware to feed.

I use cypress mulch because it doesn't stick to the dragon's tongue and get swallowed like sand... but I'd never feed beardies on mulch because they could accidentally swallow it.

I use cypress mulch for my frilled dragons, but thought that it would hold too much humidity for bearded dragons. If I use mulch should I mist my bearded out side of her cage? Also, I already feed all of my adult dragons (frilled and bearded) in med. size cat litter pans. Thanks for your help, Jake.
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3.1 Frilled Dragons
1.0 Adult Albino Corn
0.1.1 Normal Corns
1.1 Creamcicle Corns
0.0.1 Crimson Corn
0.3 Normal Leopard geckos
1.0 High Yellow Leo
1.2 Albino Leos
0.0.8 Baby Bearded Dragons
0.0.4 D. Leucomelas

I don't mist my beardeds nearly as often as I do with my frilleds (I have frilleds also). I usually give my beardeds a warm soak once a week and mist once a day (not nearly enough to get the mulch wet). I do spray their greens with water so they get some extra moisture from that.

For the frilleds, I use the bricks of compressed cocoanut fiber for substrate (Zoomed Ecoearth is one brand). I keep it wet and packed down.. and it's perfectly safe to feed the frilleds right on it when it's wet and packed. Cypress is fine for them too since you're not feeding them on it.