I am hoping for a suggestion to help with a mosquito problem in my turtle boxes. My three boxies are currently housed in temporary houses while they are between enclosures. We are moving, so I bought zoo med tortoise houses. They are 2x3 feet and pretty nice for what they are. They're made of soft wood and I have peat moss and coconut bark as the bedding. They've been using them for a month and a half now and the boxes are working fine.
The problem is that mosquitoes are multiplying in the hide portion and I'm not sure what to do to get rid of them that I can be sure won't hurt the turtles. The hide spot is in this picture (which I'm not sure is going to work). It's about 1x2 and has a door opening. Whether the soil is wet or dry in the hide, it has had the bugs in it. They seem to be multiplying. I tried spraying a bit of bug repellent on the outside of the box, but that did not help. I'm afraid to put anything toxic inside. My only thought was to burn a mosquito candle inside (while having the turtles out) for a few evenings to see if that would get rid of the bugs, but I'm not sure that will do much.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. With outbreaks of west nile in my area, mosquitoes are not to be fooled with and it will probably be another 2 months before I can get them a proper enclosure built at the new place.
The problem is that mosquitoes are multiplying in the hide portion and I'm not sure what to do to get rid of them that I can be sure won't hurt the turtles. The hide spot is in this picture (which I'm not sure is going to work). It's about 1x2 and has a door opening. Whether the soil is wet or dry in the hide, it has had the bugs in it. They seem to be multiplying. I tried spraying a bit of bug repellent on the outside of the box, but that did not help. I'm afraid to put anything toxic inside. My only thought was to burn a mosquito candle inside (while having the turtles out) for a few evenings to see if that would get rid of the bugs, but I'm not sure that will do much.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. With outbreaks of west nile in my area, mosquitoes are not to be fooled with and it will probably be another 2 months before I can get them a proper enclosure built at the new place.
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