Natural Mulch???

[Turtle Guru]

would natural mulch from a timber company be good for a subtrate bedding for a eastern box turtle? Because i watched mine exploring my moms flower bed and he just started to dig so i thought it would be a good idea. What do you guys think?

 

[SulcataSquirt]

would natural mulch from a timber company be good for a subtrate bedding for a eastern box turtle? Because i watched mine exploring my moms flower bed and he just started to dig so i thought it would be a good idea. What do you guys think?

i dont see why not as long as it doesnt rot and is not made of pine.

 

[Turtle Guru]

ok thanks i thought it would be but i needed some ensureance and also im wondering why you cant use pine ?

 

[TurtleTortoise]

I think it is toxic to them (not posotive though...)

 

[Turtle Guru]

ok i have never heard on anything with pine so im not a 100% though

 

[Boony]

would natural mulch from a timber company be good for a subtrate bedding for a eastern box turtle? Because i watched mine exploring my moms flower bed and he just started to dig so i thought it would be a good idea. What do you guys think?

I have used natural mulch from Scotts for a few months, and all my turtles haven't shown any problem so far. One of them even laid eggs under the mulch.

http://www.scotts.com/smg/templates...10228&ef_id=bfxOPgULcVUAAIxz:20110807213029:s

 

[terryo]

I would try to make it as natural as I could with just soil. You could put a lot of leaf litter on one side for him to dig under....lots of plants. Try to mimic the forest floor where he could come from.

 

[jackrat]

Ours love the leaf litter also.A whole section of the enclosure is basically just compost.

 

[terryo]

I save about 5 big bags of leaf litter in my garage from the Fall. In the Summer I lay the bags open in the sun, and keep turning them over. In the middle of August, I have beautiful mulch all around my veggie garden, and at the end of the turtle garden this compost if fulled with yummy worms and bugs. By the start of October the soil is nice and loose ready to add more leaves and pine hay to hibernate in. Leaf litter has many useful qualities, especially if you have box turtles.

 

[Turtle Guru]

ok thanks guys

 

[austinl01]

I save about 5 big bags of leaf litter in my garage from the Fall. In the Summer I lay the bags open in the sun, and keep turning them over. In the middle of August, I have beautiful mulch all around my veggie garden, and at the end of the turtle garden this compost if fulled with yummy worms and bugs. By the start of October the soil is nice and loose ready to add more leaves and pine hay to hibernate in. Leaf litter has many useful qualities, especially if you have box turtles.

Great ideas!

 

[Turtle Guru]

yea i liked that too also