Okay! Thank you for the reply. I will look into replacing the top layer of my substrate with plain eco-earth so that there’s not as much moss accessible. I hate the idea of having to rip out the whole substrate and disturb the screen and drainage layer because I *just* recently put it all in there!
I love this idea and plan to do the same when my cherryhead redfoot has babies. My sister really wants one! But I worry because she already has a Sulcata with some serious pyramids. So I was thinking that if I give her one of my hatchlings I will make a good humid setup to go with it and help...
Oh jeez! Wish I’d seen this before today. I set up my hatchling house a little over a month ago. And after a TON of research this is exactly what I came up with also. I have a 2’ x 3’ bin that I think is about 1.5’ tall. Then I mounted T5-HO tube on one end and used a 60 watt CHE. I have 4” of...
Is this true for all tortoises or just specific kinds? That they will attempt to eat sphagnum moss? I was advised to use spagnum because it holds humidity. My substrate is 4” of a mix of: eco earth, organic topsoil, sphagnum moss, and orchid bark on top of a 2” lava rock drainage layer.
I love your setup. Mine is very similar. I have a 2’ x 3’ tub with eco earth also. But mine is just on the floor (with light and heat clamped on a shelf above) because I don’t have any other animals that will bother it.
I use live plants in my table. I went to the nursery and bought a spider...