If you find a big pothos plant you can separate part and repot it does fairly well. Another member recommended putting the pot above tort height and use wire across the enclosure for the pothos to grow over. Canopy and no nibbles!Ok yea last night I figured out I had use the Latin names to look up the plants . All them have to come out. I never removed them from the pots and it’s only been 12 hours and I didn’t put any water in them so hopefully it’s fine. I have those fake ferns I was going to put in put I was worried he’d try to eat those
Yep better safe than sorry. Moss is right there with sandSo no peat moss at all ? Not even in the hides ? Ive never heard that before.
The thread is to a guide Tom has put together that has helped me go from Newb to keeper of one Russian and one Leopard - both of which are very healthy. The Quick Reference guide is good for plant/weed identification. We do not suggest topsoil as when it gets wet (humidity) it becomes mud. The other thing TFO is looking at is UVB-in the wild babies hide from predators hence avoid the sun. So if you have the ability to get your tort outside 2-3 hours a couple of days a week you may not need a UVB. Also I have used the choir for my baby russian and it was fine until he started digging and it got messy. I use cypress mulch for my adult russian and he loves digging into it to sleep and use 3"-4" of cypress with 1" of reptibark on top to cover for my Leopard. If I lived out west I would only use Fine Fir Bark (what reprtibark is made of) as they can get it a garden centers in large mulch bags for about the same price as the fancier mulches. Fin Fir Bark just looks so nice, holds moisture so well, handles the tromping of your tort, and lasts.Im willing to throw out all the coco substrate and replace it with the reptibark if that’s what better. Just is different than everything else I’ve read.
I use endive, escarole, raddichio, romaine, greens - turnip, mustard, dandelion (chickory), butter lettuce, carrot and radish topsSo I‘lol be grabbing some food for it tonight after work. I know that spring mix without spinach is good, but it has to say organic on it ? I was also planning to get some strawberries and romaine. Basically what food food is safe for them to eat from the grocery store.
Also what temp should the water I soak him in be ? I’d assume around 85, same as his enclosure.
@Blackdog1714 also remember mine is a redfoot so the care is different. Thanks again for the help. I’ll be finishing the enclosure late tonight .