I removed all the original substrate, moved the carpet moss stuff around his slate feeding tray (hopefully that will help track off any substrate) moved his hide, planted some of the broadleaf sprouts, the potted plant and I sprinkled the seeds along the border of the potted plant, the planted...
Ok, thank you. I'm going to temporarily remove it all and just put the top soil until I can get my hands on some Coco coir. Should that be fine in the meantime? Also, no to using frog moss?
So I built my enclosure based upon to Greek tortoise care sheet in this forum but now I'm panicking since there was a recommendation of 50/50 topsoil and play sand. Thus, I'm probably going to be replacing all the substrate as soon as possible, buying and burying more plants and the testudo...
I ended up getting a slate plate and that's where I feed at now. He does seem to love sleeping by the one plant I've put in so far so planning directly inside may benefit him even more. I bought the broadleaf seed mix and it's growing amazingly! I wanted to wait for the seedlings to really be...
I was/am worried about that as well. I based my build off the recommended build here on the forum. I'm tempted to just add a layer of top soil as a precaution.
hey there!
I’m a soon to be new mom to a baby Jordanian Greek tortoise! He/she will be here tomorrow. Here’s my set up and the details, let me know what y’all think and any improvements I could make.
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2-3inches of 50/50 playsand and top soil
Hide with moist spagum moss (spelling there...