I have a bearded dragon and he‘s named Optimus Prime. I wanted to make him a replica of Optimus Prime‘s head (from the movie) out of clay and have a pump attached to it and make it a waterfall. And thats how he would get his water, because I feel like that would be really legit. My question is, is that safe? I‘m definitely NOT going to do it if it could hurt him. I will be buying clay and firing it at my school‘s ceramics room. Do I need to get a non-toxic glaze? Or could it still hurt him? I‘ve made ceramics before but never to be drank out of or for an animal. Any information would be helpful!
If you are using ceramic clay and use a food safe glaze (I can't imagine your school has any non-food safe glazes anyway) your bearded dragon should be fine. After all you are drinking out of glazed ceramic mugs all the time. It sounds like a fun idea, have fun making it. You might want to look up pumps, though I would think those small aquarium pumps would be cheap and work fine. You also will have to think about a container the pump sit in and the path the water will be taking, but you should be able to work everything out satisfactorily. good luck.
