Thanks to a swap with AllegraF, I now have 4 incredible baby Red-foots, Cherry-head morph. I have not had babies in a bit, and not this many at once, so I had to set up a new habitat and decided to try a few new ideas.
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The substrate is several inches thick and a blend of sand, clean bagged topsoil, and hardwood mulch with several big scoops of the soil from the established habitat to inoculate it with good micro-organisms. A layer of cypress mulch on top offers a drier and cleaner zone.
The goal here is to provide another 'bioactive substrate' that worked so well in the main habitat.
Another thing I am trying is a hide made of torn up, rumpled, and slightly dampened brown paper to better simulate a burrow or leaf pile. I've seen this idea in one form or another in several sources. When I set it up, one of the babies rushed for it (as seen in the photo), and eventually, 3 were using it. Right now, it is 1/2 and 1/2 'leaves' and under the ferns in the habitat. I'll replace the bags periodically.
There is also a thick wad of Mosser Lee moss to climb on and snuggle in.
The substrate is several inches thick and a blend of sand, clean bagged topsoil, and hardwood mulch with several big scoops of the soil from the established habitat to inoculate it with good micro-organisms. A layer of cypress mulch on top offers a drier and cleaner zone.
The goal here is to provide another 'bioactive substrate' that worked so well in the main habitat.
Another thing I am trying is a hide made of torn up, rumpled, and slightly dampened brown paper to better simulate a burrow or leaf pile. I've seen this idea in one form or another in several sources. When I set it up, one of the babies rushed for it (as seen in the photo), and eventually, 3 were using it. Right now, it is 1/2 and 1/2 'leaves' and under the ferns in the habitat. I'll replace the bags periodically.
There is also a thick wad of Mosser Lee moss to climb on and snuggle in.
