Soil for Sulcata.
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This question was just asked and answered on another thread. I'll copy/paste it for you (Tom is the person answering):
Also, while we see sand impaction in captive tortoises frequently, I can't recall one single case of sand impaction in a wild tortoise. Our enclosures are not the wild. Plain and simple.
In addition to what Yvonne said, there is no man made soil in nature. Bought-in-a-bag soil from the store is made up of all sorts of weird stuff and unknown composted yard waste. Could be anything. Could be oleander, could be pesticidal sprayed grass clippings during mosquito season, could be leaves from a toxic tree. There is no way to know and the makers do not intend for small animals to be living in/on it.
Also, while we see sand impaction in captive tortoises frequently, I can't recall one single case of sand impaction in a wild tortoise. Our enclosures are not the wild. Plain and simple.
So, TortoiseLover93, if you can find fine grade (small particles) fir bark you should use that instead of soil. Look at plant nurseries for "orchid bark" or maybe online for either fir bark or orchid bark - same thing.
Tortoiselover93
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Thanks a lot. You really helped me. Cheers.
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Hello and welcome to the forum. Here is the current and correct sulcata care info:
The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise
I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...
tortoiseforum.org
Substrate is in there.
