Mr.pacheco
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I need help with bedding and fast!
Bedding for redfooted tortoises
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Mr.pacheco
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Hello I need help so I want to clean his cage ever month it cost say $40 I make that ever other weekend so I want his bedding to fit in with that $40 budget saying I still have to have pay for everything else in that other $40 so if anyone could help it would be much appreciated
Hello!
1. You don't need to change the bedding monthly. Once in 6-12 months is fine.
2. If there is noticeable unpleasant smell - something is definitely wrong. E.g. coco coir is too dense packed and has standing water.
3. Use fine grade orchid bark, coco coir or cypress mulch - in that order of preference.
1. You don't need to change the bedding monthly. Once in 6-12 months is fine.
2. If there is noticeable unpleasant smell - something is definitely wrong. E.g. coco coir is too dense packed and has standing water.
3. Use fine grade orchid bark, coco coir or cypress mulch - in that order of preference.
You need fine grade orchid bark for a RF. You can keep the lower layers damp to help with humidity, while the upper layers remain dry to prevent shell rot. Cypress mulch can work this way too. I don't recommend coco coir for RFs.
I never change the substrate. I spot clean and remove uneaten food once or twice every day. Frequent soaks will make your tortoise void its bowel and bladder in the warm soak water, and your enclosure will remain "clean" for many months.
Mr.pacheco
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thanks
Mr.pacheco
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Legigo Coir Bricks
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SG52DJ8?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
Could some one help me figure out if this is safe for my tortosie
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SG52DJ8?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
Could some one help me figure out if this is safe for my tortosie
Mr.pacheco
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Same with this too
RandyTortoise
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Personally I use Repti Chips which are coconut but much larger chunks than coconut coir or others. But that is just my personal preference. 
I had a problem with coco husks that they fall apart into fiber strands pretty quickly. How long do these last?
I think the Cyprus mulch smells like a swamp, and its splintered with loose "hairs" of fibers which can be a digestive hazard if swallowed. Redfoots need high humidity which contributes to the smell being released, so I don't use it.
RandyTortoise
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Mine has lasted quite well. There are a few fibers one the tortoises trample it for a few weeks. But I am careful how I feed them and don’t leave uneaten food in the pens so it doesn’t get smashed underfoot and then eaten with fibers later.
I like this product as the repti bark and other bark like products get dusty and is messy. I also worry about the dust and grime getting on their food and them breathing in the fine wood dust after they walk all over it for some time.
In short, nothing is perfect and there are pros and cons to about everything I have tried. But the reptile chips while having some fibers over time is, for me personally, a good choice as long as I have a system to feed them without unattended long periods where I just put food in and walk away. I would rather deal with that than dust.
Mr.pacheco
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Ok so what do you recommend for bark then?
RandyTortoise
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Repti Bark is good but gets dusty.
Mr.pacheco
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Ok I might try mine and the Try yours if it doesn’t work
Some rinse reptibark before use to get it less dusty. Haven't tried it myself.
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This is what I have picked out is it god?
Mr.pacheco
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Good 
Littleredfootbigredheart
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Coconut chips aren’t the same thing as orchid bark, the coir looks fine though as Tom touched on, you’ll probably find it better sticking with orchid bark
The spray and tarp look good
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