Russian tortoise and somewhere around 10 yrs old, maybe older as he’s from a pet store originally. Here’s a latest picture. It’s interesting because I have orchid bark now and thought it was too rough. Also have coconut coir underneath and it gets very dusty. It’s hard to keep it moist enough.
I have a 72 quart compressed block of reptichip that I was planing on freezing to kill off anything hiding but I realize they’ll just go dormant till the substrate is warmed up. Baking it in the oven is not an option.
To clarify by compressed I mean those blocks that need to be soaked in water...
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This is it. Says it has uva. I’ve heard mixed things about wether or not uva light is good for them. My tortoise’s other light is a t5 fluorescent also from Arcadia reptile and according to their website gives off...