Bugs

[DanikaM]

How do I get rid of them? It's really annoying. They are not mites or any type of parasitic bug. I reckognize them from outside and I've lived around them my whole life and they never harmed anyone. So what my question is, how do I get them out? They got in because I had a bag of cypress mulch I kept outside. I tried replacing the mulch several times but they just come back because there are a few that just crawl out and come back in after I bring the enclosure back. So should I just put the tortoise in some enclosure without substrate so the bugs wouldn't be able to hide in there anymore? But I wouldn't want to make him unable to burrow or dig at all...

 

[wellington]

You will have to bake or boil the substrate.

 

[mainey34]

Probably those nasty little gnats..?

 

[Edna]

The bugs don't bother me, and they don't bother the tortoises. Other than the fungus gnats, the bugs stay in the tank. I have night crawlers in the tank, too. I added some roly poly bugs in late summer and am beginning to see some reduction in the number of teeny crawly bugs and fungus gnats.