Hi guys,
Today I was refreshing the bedding with fresh coco coir, but it didn't go as planned. It's way too wet. Water drips out when I squeeze hard in it. I was in a hurry for work and I wanted to refresh the substrate before work, because I would've been too tired when I got home. The top layer is moist (although a bit wetter than normal) but the lower layer is just too wet (not swampy though).
Anyway, I took some substrate and squeezed out the water. Poured the substrate back in so that my tortoise can sleep on moist substrate part tonight.
Now I'm wondering what I should do with the substrate. Should I just have patient and let it dry, or must I spend my time in squeezing out the water of all the substrate? Is there perhaps any method to dry the substrate faster?
Help please!
Today I was refreshing the bedding with fresh coco coir, but it didn't go as planned. It's way too wet. Water drips out when I squeeze hard in it. I was in a hurry for work and I wanted to refresh the substrate before work, because I would've been too tired when I got home. The top layer is moist (although a bit wetter than normal) but the lower layer is just too wet (not swampy though).
Anyway, I took some substrate and squeezed out the water. Poured the substrate back in so that my tortoise can sleep on moist substrate part tonight.
Now I'm wondering what I should do with the substrate. Should I just have patient and let it dry, or must I spend my time in squeezing out the water of all the substrate? Is there perhaps any method to dry the substrate faster?
Help please!