Substrate question again...poo

[kr0nick]

Hi all, I know this question has been asked before I have searched and read the same answer but my problem is abit different.

Well I have 3 juvi frilled dragons living in one enclosure and as you with frillies know they poo ALOT!, I have been using sand as A substrate since I have had them, But I want to change over to something like vinyl tiles to make daily cleaning easier, But the problem with that is, my frillies like to swan dive from their branches when they see my coming with food and my enclosure is melamine and I don't want them to injure themselves on the hard melamine underneath if I change them to vinyl tiles.

I was thinking of using polystyrene or foam and gluing the tiles on top of that but then thought the urine would soak through and make the foam disgusting. If anyone has some bright ideas then that would help alot.

Thanks in advance for any advice ladies and gents

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[disintegratus]

Not sure if it'll help, but what about marine carpet?
It's a bit pricey, but if you have 2 pieces for the floor of the tank, tanke one out and chuck it in the washing machine. I use it for my ferrets, it's absorbent enough to stop the cage stinking of wee (sometimes they forget they're litter trained), looks pretty good and is soft enough for them to kick the poo out of each other all over it on a regular basis without hurting themselves. Or some fatigue matting maybe, if you want to be able to wipe it down daily? again, not cheap, but depending what kind you get i don't think it's terribly absorbent, so you should be able to wipe it down no issues. a crapload of newspaper would work. ugly as sin, but soft enough, and just peel off the top layer or two every day.

 

[kr0nick]

Yeh I have used newspaper before but it doesnt work as well as I hoped thanks for the advice mate.