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So I have heard that some people on the forum like to put earthworms into the soil of their tortoises to keep their cages more clean and the soil fresher...my questions are
1. I can't always find all of my tortoises feces to pick out of the cage , if I had earthworms running around in the soil would they eat and break down the feces if it got mixed up in the substrate?
2. If food is mixed up in the substrate will the earthworms break this down and eat it as well?
3. Will earthworms keep my substrate fresher therefore making it way less likely to get moldy and smelly?
4. Is it hard to keep earthworms in the substrate of your enclosure? I don't want them to die and such
1. I can't always find all of my tortoises feces to pick out of the cage , if I had earthworms running around in the soil would they eat and break down the feces if it got mixed up in the substrate?
2. If food is mixed up in the substrate will the earthworms break this down and eat it as well?
3. Will earthworms keep my substrate fresher therefore making it way less likely to get moldy and smelly?
4. Is it hard to keep earthworms in the substrate of your enclosure? I don't want them to die and such