Hi everyone. I will be getting my cherry head baby, Sheldon, and becoming a tort mom, in a little over a week. I'm setting up his rubbermaid tub today so that I can mess with it over the next week and get the temps and humidity right before he gets here.
I live in Colorado so it is quite dry here, so I'm going to have to keep Sheldon with daily, or close to daily, soaks and frequent spraying/misting. The substrate I am using for now is Sphagnum Moss. I know that I don't want to have the substrate too wet, so that Sheldon doesn't get shell rot, so my question is should I mist all of the substrate or just the substrate near/under the CHE, and leave the cooler areas dry? Also, my substrate layer is about 2-2 1/2 inches, so it is just the top that is damp/wet. I wasn't sure if shell rot is still an issue if it is only the top of the substrate layer that is wet. Please advise. Thanks.
I live in Colorado so it is quite dry here, so I'm going to have to keep Sheldon with daily, or close to daily, soaks and frequent spraying/misting. The substrate I am using for now is Sphagnum Moss. I know that I don't want to have the substrate too wet, so that Sheldon doesn't get shell rot, so my question is should I mist all of the substrate or just the substrate near/under the CHE, and leave the cooler areas dry? Also, my substrate layer is about 2-2 1/2 inches, so it is just the top that is damp/wet. I wasn't sure if shell rot is still an issue if it is only the top of the substrate layer that is wet. Please advise. Thanks.