Water bowl problem...or is it ? :D :D

[dmmj]

the frog moss you buy from michael's is it alive?

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

When you buy your frog moss (and there are other options as well), you often have two options- dead but pretty, and dried but alive after a good soak.

Here is a link to my favorite source- http://www.bigappleherp.com/Nature-Zone-Moss?sc=2&category=23145

I find the stuff works well in my habitats as well, but I can only seem to keep it alive for several months at a time.

Which would you say hold's moisture better, dead or alive? I have been using the sphagnum moss around where my basking light is and it dries out incredibly fast.

 

[Angi]

I put my tort water dish on a shallow pan. My turtles have two one is on a large stepping stone the other has river rocks around it so the clean off a little before going in.

 

[Rosiek15]

My tortoise decides that if i havent given him his bath yet and he has to poop that he will go sit in his water bowl and poop lol

 

[EricIvins]

The moss you find at craft stores is dead, but dyed green so it looks alive, so is the stuff you find packaged and sold for Reptiles in a pet store........Temperate moss will never last more than a few months, it's just how it functions........Tropical moss will last a very long time in a Vivarium type setting, is still fairly cold resistant, and this is what alot of keepers use in "natural" set ups where it lives and grows the way it should.......

 

[terryo]

If you're keeping on heat emitters, no matter how much you spray it will eventually turn brown. This is about the best I've used and lasted the longest, but still turned brown. When I first got my RF I keep this moss and it was always wet. Eventually she got a fungus, so now I try to keep the substrate dry and just mist the plants and her hide, so that's why I use the craft moss mostly. This moss is great for keeping in vivariums with your small box turtles that can't go outside, if you're not using heat emitters.
http://www.blackjungleterrariumsupply.com/Live-Tropical-Moss_p_759.html