Quote Originally Posted by Beardedragon View Post
Your look at alot of problems in beardies if you use any particle substrate. Crushed walnut shells are the WORST things to put them on along with Calci sand and other similar products. Your beardies have been through alot I can tell seeing how they have no back legs, either put them on paper towels, or if you want nicer get ceramic tiles cut. And please tell me that they are not housed together

Do not put them on white millet either
They have been through alot, and yes they are together. I kept them apart for a while and all they would do is bang on the glass over and over. I put them together and they were content. They are two females so dominance issues should not be a problem, but i have another tanks set up in case. (55g)
I rescued them from Petco, they has that disease which didn't allow them to shed properly, one lost its back legs the other lost a few toes.
They were kept on crushed walnut shell there, and i didn't want to change much on the transition into a new home. Now that it has been a little while and they are used to their surroundings changing their substrate should not be a problem. I don't want to stress any animal out too much at first. They are in a 29g currently, and doing great. No problems with eating, no issues with limbs (i check the stubs every day), and they act normally looking at veggies like, "What do you want me to do with that? Gimmy crickets!"
Anyway, i APPEMPTED paper towels. They kept bitting on it and ripping it when i fed them. Tiles are a no-go. There is no grip and the one dragon will just slide around (found that out when i put them in the larger tank with cabinet paper on the bottom.)
I refuse to try any reptisand. I figured play sand would be okay concidering where their species has lived for past few million years, but i figured i would check first.
I was thinking of making a custom floor and back wall with some foam, grout, sand, and moss and putting it all together in a DIY kind of way. That takes money and until i have the money i wanted a sollution.
Honestly, people seem to disagree on this issue alot.
Although, thinking about it now, they do make a rough surface tile, don't they?