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Does anyone out there have any experience with this material? My local Petco is using it for their baby dragons, and it looks fairly natural. I will research the reptile carpet more because of the possibility of ingestion; I would just like to be able to provide a natural substrate for my dragon, (when I get one!). From a couple books I’ve read, I’ve heard that dragons like to burrow from time to time; besides, wouldn’t carpet allow the dragon to kind of “tromp around” in his own feces? Sand or something comparable would wick away the moisture of the feces and be pushed down rather than smear into the dragon when he/she walked across it.

I don’t know, I just have memories of my iguana’s poop on the astro-turf; “not pretty”.

Jason

No. Walnut shells aren't good. Beardies don't burrow, although some of them like to dig. I use regular playsand, but next time I change substrate I'm going to plastic shelf liner.
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0.0.1 Bearded Dragon (Zeo)
0.2.0 Leopard Geckos (Vienna, Chomps)
1.0.0 Golden Retriever, Rocky, 10 years young

Though I've never used walnut shells, word is it can cause impaction if eaten. But then so can any particulate substrate.
Yes, with sand moisture does go to the bottom, but the poop still stays on top for them to tramp through. Also, any bacteria stays in the tank too when the bacteria sinks.

You might consider plastic type shelf liner with a sandbox at one end. If your beardie isn't fed on a particulate substrate, chances of impaction are greatly reduced.

Go to my site and take a look at the bottom left pic that CheriS contributed. You can see what I mean.
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TheClassyLizard

I have had no problem with walnut shell it easy to clean the feces and look more natural.
but I would say that the shelf mat is the best since you can clean it with some antibacterial
soap as with the shell the bacteria will probably stay in the shells,but so far it's ok and it has' nt smelled yet from the feces after a month but will changed in the next couple of weeks