I cleaned out the Den today. My wife complained that it had been a little on the nose. I have been cleaning it out regularly, but, after a while, things will tend to soak into the carpet somewhat, no matter how often I empty everything out. I clean out waste every day, sometimes more than once if I am there to see it. This keeps things as hygenic as possible. The kids and I couldn't really notice any smell, but, I decided that to be fair I had better take action.
I took a quick trip to Bunnings and bought a metre of Marine Carpet. If you check out our Dragon's Den page, you can see the current Marine Carpet. I have bought a slightly different colour just for something different. The plan is to rotate between the two every month or so. The outgoing carpet each time will be given a good wash and hung on the line in the sun for a few days, then stored until the next rotation. This should be enough to keep things nice a clean as well as smelling as sweet as possible.
The reason I have gone for carpet rather than a loose substrate is so that there are no issues with constipation. Dragons are notorious for swallowing their substrate and getting backed up as a result. This can lead to death quite easily. Particularly while they are young, I am going to stick with carpet. It looks very neat and has no downsides from what I can tell.
Lolly
Food: Always eats crickets and enjoys a trip to the salad bar
Toilet: Regular
Behaviour: Lolly has continued to eat and play well. She mixes between eating in the tote tray or the Den depending on her mood. She is also still happy to be handled. She is sometimes a bit more fidgety than others, but hey, we're all entitled to different moods right? She looks healthy and is continuing to grow.
Booster
Food: Regularly eating crickets and veggies
Toilet: Regular
Behaviour: Booster was very calm when I picked him up today when being taken out for the cleaning of the Den. He eats crickets most days and seems to go for the veggies even if he doesn't take crickets. He has been climbing the walls a bit lately, literally. He has been propping himself up on the front of the Den and poking his head up for a look outside. Not sure what that is about. But, it can be a little amusing to watch.
Today when the Dragons were in a tote tray together catching some rays, a magpie came down to check them out through the window. It was quite amazing. Within a minute of me putting them down less than a metre from the window, a magpie came down and sat on the window sill on the outside. He was looking for a meal from what I can tell, but, he was OUT OF LUCK!. I put down the privacy blinds so he couldn't see the Dragons and he flew away. Gave me a lot to think about for any musings I have had about taking the Dragons outside.....
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