Right now Carl is on a mixture of coco coir and sand. It's really nice for him to burrow in, BUT it seems to be too soft for him to get himself flipped back over after he falls on his back.
I took him outside today to get some sun and munch on clover, and of course he ran straight for the lowest bunch of it that he could actually reach, which happened to be in an area of the yard with cypress mulch around the plants. He flipped over again, after attempting to climb the barrier of this little sectioned off part of the yard. Within a minute, he had himself flipped back with the help of the mulch for leverage.
Because of this, I'd really like to incorporate Cypress mulch into his substrate, so I don't have to worry about him quite so much. What would be the best way to do that? A thin layer on top of the coco coir/sand or a half and half mix?
I took him outside today to get some sun and munch on clover, and of course he ran straight for the lowest bunch of it that he could actually reach, which happened to be in an area of the yard with cypress mulch around the plants. He flipped over again, after attempting to climb the barrier of this little sectioned off part of the yard. Within a minute, he had himself flipped back with the help of the mulch for leverage.
Because of this, I'd really like to incorporate Cypress mulch into his substrate, so I don't have to worry about him quite so much. What would be the best way to do that? A thin layer on top of the coco coir/sand or a half and half mix?
