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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% | |
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10-06-2006, 03:29 PM | #1 |
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What Substrate do you use
What substrate do you use and why?
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10-06-2006, 03:33 PM | #2 |
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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
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10-06-2006, 03:36 PM | #3 |
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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.
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10-06-2006, 09:15 PM | #4 |
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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
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30-06-2006, 10:33 PM | #5 |
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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)
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30-06-2006, 10:41 PM | #6 |
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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.
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30-06-2006, 10:43 PM | #7 |
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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 |
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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.
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01-07-2006, 12:45 PM | #9 |
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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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01-07-2006, 01:16 PM | #10 |
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sand and soil for my baby spur thigh and baby horsfield
hemp for my older horsfields.they love to bury right down
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