Quote Originally Posted by jclaiborne View Post
This is where I will agree to disagree. I can't say for snakes, because it really doesn't seem to matter (although i keep mine in a deep dirt substrate) but for lizards, (more so monitors and tegus) but I believe for all lizards, have a substrait that can safely retain moisture (even very little in the case of a beardie) without becomming satuarated, providing them the ability to burrow and have a moist hide DOES in fact prevent things such a gout and dehydration. Which can slowly over YEARS kill a lizard.
I don't own lizards, and most bearded dragons I've seen have just been on paper towel (or something similar). Even Brian from Snakebytes uses something like that for his beardies, I'm pretty sure. I figure you could simply just have a legitimate moist hide for them, like leopard geckos.