RF Substrate

[Kasper2reds]

Hello,

i recently built a 4x8 enclosure for my 2 juvy redfoods. they are currently in a 2x4 enclosure that is filled with forest floor woodchips from the pet store. seeing as this new enclosure is 4 times the sq footage as the old, does anyone have any recommendations for substrate that is a bit cheaper than the forest floor bedding at the pet store? that stuff goes for almost 20 dollars a bag, and i will probably need 6 or 7 bags.

any advice would be appreciated!

thanks,
Kasper

 

[christinaland128]

Hello,

i recently built a 4x8 enclosure for my 2 juvy redfoods. they are currently in a 2x4 enclosure that is filled with forest floor woodchips from the pet store. seeing as this new enclosure is 4 times the sq footage as the old, does anyone have any recommendations for substrate that is a bit cheaper than the forest floor bedding at the pet store? that stuff goes for almost 20 dollars a bag, and i will probably need 6 or 7 bags.

any advice would be appreciated!

thanks,
Kasper

I put organic non fertilized top soil down, then bought forest floor and coconut coir on amazon at a pretty good price. Try Amazon.

 

[Kasper2reds]

Hello,

i recently built a 4x8 enclosure for my 2 juvy redfoods. they are currently in a 2x4 enclosure that is filled with forest floor woodchips from the pet store. seeing as this new enclosure is 4 times the sq footage as the old, does anyone have any recommendations for substrate that is a bit cheaper than the forest floor bedding at the pet store? that stuff goes for almost 20 dollars a bag, and i will probably need 6 or 7 bags.

any advice would be appreciated!

thanks,
Kasper

I put organic non fertilized top soil down, then bought forest floor and coconut coir on amazon at a pretty good price. Try Amazon.

Did you have any issues with bugs in the topsoil? I tried that a couple years ago and found it crawling with these annoying little white bugs.

 

[CharlieScene18]

You can buy 24 qt bags of coco coir at petmountain.com. Their best deal is 72 qt for 39.00 [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

 

[scubaMO]

I have baby sulcatas inside, substrate suggestions?

 

[Kasper2reds]

Finished product, thanks for your input!