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1 month ago

How much bedding is actually enough?

I keep reading that 15cm is the minimum, but my Syrian just builds one giant nest in the corner and ignores the rest.

Should I still fill the whole base or is a deep corner enough? He seems happy either way but I want to do this right.

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Marcus T.

@syrian_dad

1 month ago

Mine does exactly this. I ended up giving him a deep section on one side only and he has been fine for months.

Chloe B.

@peanut_butler

1 month ago

Mine did exactly the same until I made one corner 25cm and left the rest at about 10. He ignored the shallow half completely.

Liam P.

@wheel_runner

1 month ago

The bedding-in-the-bowl problem is universal. I raised mine on a little platform and it mostly stopped.

zhainan

@zhainan

1 month ago

Second the corner approach. I put a heavy hide on top of the deep part so it does not cave in when he digs.

Ava L.

@mochi_moments

1 month ago

Filling the whole base sounds nice in photos but it is a lot of bedding. One deep end has worked fine here.

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