First off, this is Lilly. She's about 4 or 5 years old (judging by her size and the fact that I've had her 2 years. I don't have an exact DOB).
I have a total of 3 questions:
1. I used cypress mulch for awhile but eventually had to switch over to the aspen shavings my guinea pig uses. I had a horrible time with mites. Even fresh store bought bags of cypress had mites in them when I would first open them. Within a week they would be crawling everywhere. I used 'Mite Off' spray frequently and it never did any good. I'd really like to go back to cypress mulch but even as I type this I have two bags of it on a shelf that I can clearly see the mites in when I look through the plastic. How can I go about removing and prevent mites in the future?
2. Lilly is a little hog and eats every type of fruit and vegetable imaginable that I feed her. Unfortunately though, she passes up any and all of her favorite fruits in favor of dog poo. I can put her in the yard and she'll sit still for a few minutes sniffing and then start walking in a straight line and get to a pile in the yard as far as 40 or 50 feet away. Then she snorts at me when I carry her away from it. I read that this can be a lacking diet indication in some animals. I was curious if that's the case for Red-foots. She usually eats a salad every morning that consists of 1 or 2 hearty greens like collard and dandelion, some diced veggies like zucchini and a sliver of fruit. Then once every week or two she gets either tortoise chow or ground dogfood.
3. Due to her size I recently moved her out of a tank and into a box I built from some shelf kits at Lowe's (it's pretty spacious and was very cheap). I was just wondering if it's safe to use a heat pad on cheap wood. It's usually around 70 degrees in my room here so she needs it but I'm worried about the safety issues.
Thanks in advance!
I have a total of 3 questions:
1. I used cypress mulch for awhile but eventually had to switch over to the aspen shavings my guinea pig uses. I had a horrible time with mites. Even fresh store bought bags of cypress had mites in them when I would first open them. Within a week they would be crawling everywhere. I used 'Mite Off' spray frequently and it never did any good. I'd really like to go back to cypress mulch but even as I type this I have two bags of it on a shelf that I can clearly see the mites in when I look through the plastic. How can I go about removing and prevent mites in the future?
2. Lilly is a little hog and eats every type of fruit and vegetable imaginable that I feed her. Unfortunately though, she passes up any and all of her favorite fruits in favor of dog poo. I can put her in the yard and she'll sit still for a few minutes sniffing and then start walking in a straight line and get to a pile in the yard as far as 40 or 50 feet away. Then she snorts at me when I carry her away from it. I read that this can be a lacking diet indication in some animals. I was curious if that's the case for Red-foots. She usually eats a salad every morning that consists of 1 or 2 hearty greens like collard and dandelion, some diced veggies like zucchini and a sliver of fruit. Then once every week or two she gets either tortoise chow or ground dogfood.
3. Due to her size I recently moved her out of a tank and into a box I built from some shelf kits at Lowe's (it's pretty spacious and was very cheap). I was just wondering if it's safe to use a heat pad on cheap wood. It's usually around 70 degrees in my room here so she needs it but I'm worried about the safety issues.
Thanks in advance!