Is this a good substrate for a sulcata tortoise?
May 5, 2019 #1 smjohns New Member Joined Mar 13, 2019 Messages 23 Location (City and/or State) AZ Is this a good substrate for a sulcata tortoise?
May 5, 2019 #2 Tom The Dog Trainer 10 Year Member! Platinum Tortoise Club Joined Jan 9, 2010 Messages 63,269 Location (City and/or State) Southern California NO! Really bad. They eat the moss and can get impacted from it, and the moss can also cause plastron problems in some cases. The "fir" part is good. Fir bark is what you should use. AKA fine grade "orchid bark". Sorry for yelling...
NO! Really bad. They eat the moss and can get impacted from it, and the moss can also cause plastron problems in some cases. The "fir" part is good. Fir bark is what you should use. AKA fine grade "orchid bark". Sorry for yelling...
May 5, 2019 #3 smjohns New Member Joined Mar 13, 2019 Messages 23 Location (City and/or State) AZ Tom said: NO! Really bad. They eat the moss and can get impacted from it, and the moss can also cause plastron problems in some cases. The "fir" part is good. Fir bark is what you should use. AKA fine grade "orchid bark". Click to expand... Okay good to know. Thank you!!
Tom said: NO! Really bad. They eat the moss and can get impacted from it, and the moss can also cause plastron problems in some cases. The "fir" part is good. Fir bark is what you should use. AKA fine grade "orchid bark". Click to expand... Okay good to know. Thank you!!