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Now before i start, first i just want to say that this was a crazy idea i had when i was thinking of how to keep my new gnat problem under control. Second off, after doing research for about an hour i don't even think i would do it based on the fact that they need acidic soil and water thats very not nutritional lol like rain water cuz it doesn't have the added vitamins/minerals that are in tap and bottled water. And finally i don't even really know where i would get one to be honest cuz i never see them in like garden departments of big box stores.
So now that i got that said i want to know if putting any type of carnivorous plant (pitcher plants, flypaper plants, venus flytraps etc...) in with a tort would even be a good idea let alone work, it would probably have to be a tropical species like a redfoot which is what i have. Now obviously (if i even did it) they would have to be in their own pot that either is tall enough to the point where the tort has no chance to get to it, or is placed on something that cant be climbed on and that puts the plant high enough because its probably not a good idea to let a tort near something that can possibly not only poison it but also subsequently bite it. I just thought it would be a cool and much more appealing way to take care of bugs, cuz the exotic look of pitcher plants and venus fly traps would fit in very nicely with a tropical enclosure.
And P.S. Im going to set up Georges new tank and move him to it soon so hopefully the bugs will just stay in the present tank and not come with to the new one. But i will still accept ideas on how to "take care" of bugs just in case. XoX
So now that i got that said i want to know if putting any type of carnivorous plant (pitcher plants, flypaper plants, venus flytraps etc...) in with a tort would even be a good idea let alone work, it would probably have to be a tropical species like a redfoot which is what i have. Now obviously (if i even did it) they would have to be in their own pot that either is tall enough to the point where the tort has no chance to get to it, or is placed on something that cant be climbed on and that puts the plant high enough because its probably not a good idea to let a tort near something that can possibly not only poison it but also subsequently bite it. I just thought it would be a cool and much more appealing way to take care of bugs, cuz the exotic look of pitcher plants and venus fly traps would fit in very nicely with a tropical enclosure.
And P.S. Im going to set up Georges new tank and move him to it soon so hopefully the bugs will just stay in the present tank and not come with to the new one. But i will still accept ideas on how to "take care" of bugs just in case. XoX