What Substrate do you use

**sarah** · 10-06-2006, 03:29 PM

What substrate do you use and why?

michaela · 10-06-2006, 03:33 PM

i use hemp. it was recommended to me when i bought my first tortoise. i find it easy to keep clean. my torts all seem to like it

**sarah** · 10-06-2006, 03:36 PM

I use a mixture, i use sand and soil for my babies as hemp is too dry and i use hemp for my adult meds and childrens play bark for my adult reds.

**Eire_Ade** · 10-06-2006, 09:15 PM

I use a mixture of different substrates in my tortoise table, sand / john innes mix, beech chips, hemp and some decorative 19mm gravel / stones just for a bit of variety.

All of my 3 tortoises love burying themselves in the hemp at sleep time and dig themselves well into it.

Ade

terrific tortoises · 30-06-2006, 10:33 PM

Paper for my hatchlings, playsand and soil 50/50 after they are 3 months+ old, then Aubiose/Hemp after they are 6 to 8 months old...T.T. 8)

veebee · 30-06-2006, 10:41 PM

I use a mixture of hemp, sand/soil, wood chippings and stones. They can choose themselves which to bury in, but both mainly sleep in the hemp, I think it holds the warmth.

Vivienne

piglet · 30-06-2006, 10:43 PM

Sand/ soil with a hemp covering for med species.
Soil bark covering for reds and elongated.
Hemp and small bark chips for indian stars .
Darren

carl20 · 30-06-2006, 10:45 PM

75%soil 25% sand mix kept moist in one half and meadow hay in the other half with rocks pebbles and loadsa cuttlefish seperating the two substrates from mixing. This is my substrate for leopards.

mango · 01-07-2006, 12:45 PM

Sand and soil at one end and hemp at the other. There's a rocky area in the middle. I use slate under the basking lamps, and another piece of slate to feed them on. Both species bury themselves in the hemp at night.

Tomatillo · 01-07-2006, 01:16 PM

sand and soil for my baby spur thigh and baby horsfield
hemp for my older horsfields.they love to bury right down

View Poll Results: Substrate
Hemp	4	17.39%
Sand and Soil	3	13.04%
Wood chippings / bark	4	17.39%
Mixture	8	34.78%
Other	4	17.39%
Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll

10-06-2006, 03:29 PM	#1
sarah Administrator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme Posts: 11,914	What Substrate do you use What substrate do you use and why?

10-06-2006, 09:15 PM	#4
Eire_Ade Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 8,422	I use a mixture of different substrates in my tortoise table, sand / john innes mix, beech chips, hemp and some decorative 19mm gravel / stones just for a bit of variety. All of my 3 tortoises love burying themselves in the hemp at sleep time and dig themselves well into it. Ade __________________ Ade ----------------------------------------------- Y.O.B 1971 (40 years young! ) My Tortoises :- Dug (Testudo Graeca Ibera Terrestris (Syrian), Penny, JJ (JennyJack), Buttons and Gem (Testudo Graeca Ibera)

30-06-2006, 10:33 PM	#5
terrific tortoises Member Juvenile Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 861	Paper for my hatchlings, playsand and soil 50/50 after they are 3 months+ old, then Aubiose/Hemp after they are 6 to 8 months old...T.T. 8) __________________

01-07-2006, 01:16 PM	#10
Tomatillo Junior Member Egg Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 11	sand and soil for my baby spur thigh and baby horsfield hemp for my older horsfields.they love to bury right down __________________ Kind Regards Laura(Tomatillo)

10-06-2006, 03:33 PM	#2
michaela Member Incubating Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 107	i use hemp. it was recommended to me when i bought my first tortoise. i find it easy to keep clean. my torts all seem to like it

10-06-2006, 03:36 PM	#3
sarah Administrator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme Posts: 11,914	I use a mixture, i use sand and soil for my babies as hemp is too dry and i use hemp for my adult meds and childrens play bark for my adult reds.

30-06-2006, 10:41 PM	#6
veebee Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Birmingham Posts: 1,109	I use a mixture of hemp, sand/soil, wood chippings and stones. They can choose themselves which to bury in, but both mainly sleep in the hemp, I think it holds the warmth. Vivienne

30-06-2006, 10:43 PM	#7
piglet Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,976	Sand/ soil with a hemp covering for med species. Soil bark covering for reds and elongated. Hemp and small bark chips for indian stars . Darren

30-06-2006, 10:45 PM	#8
carl20 Member Hatchling Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: north east Posts: 516	75%soil 25% sand mix kept moist in one half and meadow hay in the other half with rocks pebbles and loadsa cuttlefish seperating the two substrates from mixing. This is my substrate for leopards.

01-07-2006, 12:45 PM	#9
mango Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: UK Posts: 188	Sand and soil at one end and hemp at the other. There's a rocky area in the middle. I use slate under the basking lamps, and another piece of slate to feed them on. Both species bury themselves in the hemp at night.

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