Coco fiber for substrate

[LIttleGreys]

Hi All,

I will be getting my new Leo baby next week and I am trying to get everything ready. The pet store didn't have a great selection of stuff as I had hoped they would. I bought some coconut fiber bricks, Eco Earth brand. Is this OK to use, and if so should it be moist or dry?
Should I mix it with sand?
Thanks!

 

[jlyoncc1]

When indoors, I keep my leo baby on Aspen and make sure that I provide a moist hide. I cut a plastic flower pot in half then drilled a small hole which I put a long, thin bolt through and slid a sponge on that. Then just screw on a nut and washer to attach sponge. Keep the sponge moist. When the pot is in as their hide, the sponge would be above their head. I also put in a bit of sphagnum moss, moistened. The aspen is easy for them to walk on, plus they can dig in it if they want to.

 

[Chucky]

I use to use it all the time until I found that my torts were getting a fungus growth on their plastron. I switched to Cypress mulch for the redfoots and Sphagnum peat moss for the sulcatas and so far no more fungus on any of them.