I know someone posted on this before, but I can't seem to find the post..
I keep finding small flying gnats around my tortoise pen inside. I use a mix of cypress mulch and sphagnum moss (for the wetter side). I make sure there's not leftover food pieces and periodically mix up the bedding. When I had Rosie outside I mixed up the substrate and had a fan blowing on the open pen to try to blow away some of the gnats but it didn't seem to have a huge effect.
I don't have room to freeze the bedding or bake it before using, so what can I do to limit these bugs?
How often do others do a complete substrate change? My last complete change was about a month ago. I clean out her water bowl where she poops most and clean up any other poops I find.
I keep finding small flying gnats around my tortoise pen inside. I use a mix of cypress mulch and sphagnum moss (for the wetter side). I make sure there's not leftover food pieces and periodically mix up the bedding. When I had Rosie outside I mixed up the substrate and had a fan blowing on the open pen to try to blow away some of the gnats but it didn't seem to have a huge effect.
I don't have room to freeze the bedding or bake it before using, so what can I do to limit these bugs?
How often do others do a complete substrate change? My last complete change was about a month ago. I clean out her water bowl where she poops most and clean up any other poops I find.