Help!! I think coco is sick! ???

[Crystallynda]

Is this safe to use?
@Tom

 

[Srmcclure]

I wouldn't grab that. I can't see where it says what wood it is. Look for cypress mulch if you can't get orchid bark

 

[Yossarian]

Is this safe to use?
@Tom

No, it has additives and colourants. Also it is "forest mulch" and you have no way to know whats in it - I thought you were using Coco Coir?

 

[Emmawilly]

I have found that a terra cotta plant pot, broken in half works so good and small turtles love it. Here is where Grumpyface sleeps, he always sleeps in that pot, and all I did was pick up a broken pot, and put it in his tank. He goes in on his own. And because of the material used, it seems to hold humidity much better than plastic.
Grumpy's hide
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broken so it 'fits' better
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Grumpyface is 3 months old now and 28 grams
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I love that you call your tortoise grumpyface ?

 

[Crystallynda]

I wouldn't grab that. I can't see where it says what wood it is. Look for cypress mulch if you can't get orchid bark

Oh I’m not grabbing it! That’s why I asked!
im at Home Depot!!

 

[Srmcclure]

Gotcha! Thats where I get cypress mulch so you should be able to get something

 

[Crystallynda]

I didn’t find any here!
Ima go elsewhere!!

 

[Srmcclure]

This is what it looked like, just as a heads up. It was also like $4

 

[Crystallynda]

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This is what it looked like, just as a heads up. It was also like $4

Yep they didn’t have any! I may need to get more coconut fiber!

 

[Crystallynda]

However, I have his two saucers for food and water I’ll be digging in his enclosure and his brick for basking! ??

 

[Maggie3fan]

I love that you call your tortoise grumpyface ?

He's a box turtle, a 3 toed, look at this face...Grumpyface...lol

 

[Srmcclure]

He's a box turtle, a 3 toed, look at this face...Grumpyface...lol
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Omg hes gotten so big!!

 

[Maggie3fan]

Omg hes gotten so big!!

You are too funny...that was a close-up when I first got him...But he was 8 grams then and is 26 now...growing like a weed

 

[Srmcclure]

You are too funny...that was a close-up when I first got him...But he was 8 grams then and is 26 now...growing like a weed

Ok, then just the angle! Im so used to seeing those enclosure pics where he looks like a teenie penny lol
Still the cutest little grump out there!

 

[Crystallynda]

However, I have his two saucers for food and water I’ll be digging in his enclosure and his brick for basking! ??

Alright, I found a place where they sell
The substrate needed!

 

[Crystallynda]

Alright, I found a place where they sell
The substrate needed!

These aren’t recommended correct?
@Tom

 

[Srmcclure]

These aren’t recommended correct?
@Tom

Yea, no go on those lights

 

[Crystallynda]

Yea, no go on those lights

Sounds good!

 

[Crystallynda]

Can this work as the second for his cooler end!
I also found this but I’m gonna wait in this one!!

 

[pacific chelonians]

I recommend temperature heat guns to measure each side