patchesofink
New Member
Hello all,
At the moment Toby is on soil (that's what his previous owner kept him on) and he's in a metal tortoise table. I ordered him a new tortoise table that is made of wood, which arrived today. I'm a little unsure what to do about his substrate and I've read so many different contradicting things that I don't know which is right or wrong. I'm worried that keeping him on soil would rot the wood of his new table. My local reptile stores keep their tortoises on wood chip and those pellet thingies. As a general rule with all my animals I tend to avoid these things but I do know that there can be exceptions (my chameleon for example has wood chip substrate but her food bowls are up high and I have a separate tank for feeding her live food so there's no concern of her accidentally ingesting wood chip). Will the damp from soil rot the wood of Toby's new table or am I worrying over nothing? If it is something that could cause a problem, what should I be using instead?
Thanks in advance from me and Toby.
At the moment Toby is on soil (that's what his previous owner kept him on) and he's in a metal tortoise table. I ordered him a new tortoise table that is made of wood, which arrived today. I'm a little unsure what to do about his substrate and I've read so many different contradicting things that I don't know which is right or wrong. I'm worried that keeping him on soil would rot the wood of his new table. My local reptile stores keep their tortoises on wood chip and those pellet thingies. As a general rule with all my animals I tend to avoid these things but I do know that there can be exceptions (my chameleon for example has wood chip substrate but her food bowls are up high and I have a separate tank for feeding her live food so there's no concern of her accidentally ingesting wood chip). Will the damp from soil rot the wood of Toby's new table or am I worrying over nothing? If it is something that could cause a problem, what should I be using instead?
Thanks in advance from me and Toby.