pests

Alright, let's get right to it! I have a few questions, but first some background info: My Aldabras have been staying in an outdoor enclosure during the entire Florida summer. Temps during this time never dip under mid 70s at night and they do have plenty of places to hide from the sun during...

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of if mosquito bits and BTI are safe for tortoises? Can you put it in the drinking water, spray bottle for shell wetting/watering plants, spray on moss?

I got my Hermann's tortoise around a month and a half ago, and today I noticed tiny white bugs in his enclosure. They weren't flying, and are of a grayish-white color. They are barley noticeable due to their size, and I changed his substrate recently (a few weeks ago). I know that some bugs are...

Hello friends! This isn't so much as an issue, I just thought I should spread this information Diatomaceous Earth (DE) is such a wonderful thing to have around. It's made up of fossilized silica shells from diatoms, a type of microalgae, and it's known as a natural insecticide! How does this...