Could i use paper mache to make a little cave for our bearded dragon?

Question

Could i use paper mache to make a little cave for our bearded dragon? would painting it with acrylic pant also be safe?

(paper mache would be made of flour water and salt, newspaper)

Answer 1

I wouldn't make it out of anything it could gnaw on and bite off.  Even though those ingredients don't sound poisonous, they could still make it sick.

Answer 2

Why not?

Answer 3

my brother has a bearded dragon and i dont think it would be safe even if he just eats his food he/she could get too hungry if you dont feed it and it might take a bite out of it because my brothers bearded dragon tried to eat one of its basking sticks he had to take it out because of that

Answer 4

i wouldn't paint it, but the rest sounds safe.

Answer 5

bearded dragons get a common ailment called substrate impaction.  this is where they eat something they can not pass.  putting a paper mache item in there is just asking for it.  if you use news paper it has ink and other great chemicals to make a bearded dragon sick, if you use just regular typing paper it has bleach it it.  as far as painting it acrylic paint has pigments and binders in it that probably are not very good for the digestive tract.  my solution to this problem would be to just go spent the $15 dollars for some rock at home depot or lowes and build a cave by stacking the rocks

Answer 6

Of course! It would be so great for it! And you can add some branches of real plants to the top of it.