Hi everyone, I have been working on setting up an outdoor area in my backyard for a CA desert tortoise. He will have free range of the whole yard but I wanted to set up an area specifically with a lot of soil for burrowing (the rest of my yard is a combination of grass, dirt, and stone). I used a base layer of this soil because I thought it would be good at keeping dry:
http://www.kellysolutions.com/erene...ACTUS_MIX__03__03__03_3_4_2013_2_16_31_PM.pdf
Unfortunately, I am now realizing that this soil has fertilizer in it per the listed ingredients (though I can't tell exactly what the fertilizer is). As this is the base layer, I have already covered it with a lot of organic, fertilizer-free and pesticide/herbicide-free soil. However, I am quite worried now about potentially ill effects for the tortoise.
In your opinions is this something that I need to correct, i.e. by removing all of the soil and starting over with something else, or are concerns about fertilizer less applicable to situations like this and more so to using actual chemical fertilizers on grazing areas and other surfaces?
Thanks so much - I'll make sure to get it right before introducing the animal.
http://www.kellysolutions.com/erene...ACTUS_MIX__03__03__03_3_4_2013_2_16_31_PM.pdf
Unfortunately, I am now realizing that this soil has fertilizer in it per the listed ingredients (though I can't tell exactly what the fertilizer is). As this is the base layer, I have already covered it with a lot of organic, fertilizer-free and pesticide/herbicide-free soil. However, I am quite worried now about potentially ill effects for the tortoise.
In your opinions is this something that I need to correct, i.e. by removing all of the soil and starting over with something else, or are concerns about fertilizer less applicable to situations like this and more so to using actual chemical fertilizers on grazing areas and other surfaces?
Thanks so much - I'll make sure to get it right before introducing the animal.