Repti fogger

[ampete1987]

i want to add humidity with a reptifogger. One side of the tank is a sandy beach with a pool, the middle is the heading basking light, and the other side is the hide and leaves. I want to block off part of the tank to hold in the moisture, would I be better to do this on the sandy beach side or hide/leaf side?

 

[Tom]

Sand is a serous impaction risk and possibly skin and eye irritant. I wouldn't use it at all.

The whole enclosure should be humid all the time, and this is best accomplished by housing the turtle in a closed camber of one sort or another so that your heat and humidity isn't escaping up an into the room.

 

[TheTortoiseKing]

What kind of turtle/tortoise do you have?

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

What kind of turtle/tortoise do you have?

According to the section this was posted in, OP has an American box turtle.

 

[ampete1987]

Sand is a serous impaction risk and possibly skin and eye irritant. I wouldn't use it at all.

The whole enclosure should be humid all the time, and this is best accomplished by housing the turtle in a closed camber of one sort or another so that your heat and humidity isn't escaping up an into the room.

Sand is a serous impaction risk and possibly skin and eye irritant. I wouldn't use it at all.

The whole enclosure should be humid all the time, and this is best accomplished by housing the turtle in a closed camber of one sort or another so that your heat and humidity isn't escaping up an into the room.

 

[ampete1987]

Sand is a serous impaction risk and possibly skin and eye irritant. I wouldn't use it at all.

The whole enclosure should be humid all the time, and this is best accomplished by housing the turtle in a closed camber of one sort or another so that your heat and humidity isn't escaping up an into the room.

I replaced the sand with pebbles and top soil. Is there a better substrate to use?
With the moisture is there a risk for respiratory infection/issues?

 

[Tom]

I replaced the sand with pebbles and top soil. Is there a better substrate to use?
With the moisture is there a risk for respiratory infection/issues?

Pebbles will be eaten and can cause a blockage. Store bought soil could contain anything and is not safe to use.

Coco coir is what I use for box turtles, but cypress mulch and orchid bark are also safe. You can also just use dirt from your yard if there are no toxic chemicals in use out there.

Box turtles grow up in bogs and swamps in very high humidity micro climates or very humid parts of the country. There is not a risk of RI with moisture and high humidity for a box turtle, but there is a strong probability of death without it.

This is not specific to box turtles, but there is a lot of useful info here that will help you:

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