Which substrate? - Page 2

vikki · 02-09-2015, 09:02 PM

I have used top soil and have definitly found some brands better than others but am now definitly considering coco coir - can you just buy any type or should it be from somewhere specifically for animals/reptiles?

CherryBrandy · 03-09-2015, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by abbie227

How deep would u recommend?

I do varying depths in different areas but about 1 - 2 inches or less for me.

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I have used top soil and have definitly found some brands better than others but am now definitly considering coco coir - can you just buy any type or should it be from somewhere specifically for animals/reptiles?

When I said I get mine from a South American company I meant Amazon....sorry for being too cryptic I didn't know we could post names!!
Get the basics if can though no nutrients....a big bag lasts me absolute months, if not into the next season. CB

Stellanne · 03-09-2015, 05:17 PM

The substrate for my hatchlings is 6inches deep with a few humps and bumps x x x. Hugs x x

CherryBrandy · 03-09-2015, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Stellanne

The substrate for my hatchlings is 6inches deep with a few humps and bumps x x x. Hugs x x

oh sounds like luxury !! like a shag pile carpet Stellanne. I think Elenor would disappear into it ! CB x

Stellanne · 03-09-2015, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CherryBrandy

oh sounds like luxury !! like a shag pile carpet Stellanne. I think Elenor would disappear into it ! CB x

Ha ha ha .....they do CB and then I dig them up like potatoes for their bath!! X x x. Hugs x x x

emma_mcraf · 03-09-2015, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Stellanne

Ha ha ha .....they do CB and then I dig them up like potatoes for their bath!! X x x. Hugs x x x

I'm glad it's not just me that has to do an archaeological type dig to discover mucky monsters that need a bath!!

I love the mental image of you digging them up like potatoes. Oh if only it were that easy to breed them and bring them into the world!!! I'd be inundated with lots of scrumptious hatchlings!

CherryBrandy · 04-09-2015, 11:38 AM

spud du like !

funny how they get bigger they can still hide away and not be found, like at the back of the chives I check first, but they foil me time and again !
I blame strategically dug 6" coco coir when they're younger !! ha ! CB

Stellanne · 04-09-2015, 05:17 PM

You are right CB, they are certainly tricky to find, even when you know they can't be far away!! When mine had free range of the garden I was forever looking for them hence the development of Tort Lodge and Gardens!! As lovely as it is to have free range torts I couldn't be doing with all the trampling about in undergrowth and digging in soil especially when it was raining x x x x hugs x x x

CherryBrandy · 04-09-2015, 08:14 PM

I think its like a scene out of the Bone collector - walking the grid. backwards forwards and I am sure fairy gremlins are torts best friend cause I think I'm sure I checked that area 20 minute ago....and bobs your uncle !!! CB

abbie227 · 05-09-2015, 09:49 PM

Haha lots of suprises in store when i get my baby then! Stupid question but do u put the coco coir in dry?? Or damp it a bit. I dont want to put it in dry then it expand like crazy haha i feel silly for asking such simple questions but i feel like you guys are the experts! X

04-09-2015, 11:38 AM	#17
CherryBrandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: SE England Posts: 4,262	spud du like ! funny how they get bigger they can still hide away and not be found, like at the back of the chives I check first, but they foil me time and again ! I blame strategically dug 6" coco coir when they're younger !! ha ! CB __________________ Horsfields, Spur Thighed, & Marginata

04-09-2015, 08:14 PM	#19
CherryBrandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: SE England Posts: 4,262	I think its like a scene out of the Bone collector - walking the grid. backwards forwards and I am sure fairy gremlins are torts best friend cause I think I'm sure I checked that area 20 minute ago....and bobs your uncle !!! CB __________________ Horsfields, Spur Thighed, & Marginata

02-09-2015, 09:02 PM	#11
vikki Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 456	I have used top soil and have definitly found some brands better than others but am now definitly considering coco coir - can you just buy any type or should it be from somewhere specifically for animals/reptiles?

03-09-2015, 05:17 PM	#13
Stellanne Member Hatchling Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 686	The substrate for my hatchlings is 6inches deep with a few humps and bumps x x x. Hugs x x

04-09-2015, 05:17 PM	#18
Stellanne Member Hatchling Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 686	You are right CB, they are certainly tricky to find, even when you know they can't be far away!! When mine had free range of the garden I was forever looking for them hence the development of Tort Lodge and Gardens!! As lovely as it is to have free range torts I couldn't be doing with all the trampling about in undergrowth and digging in soil especially when it was raining x x x x hugs x x x

05-09-2015, 09:49 PM	#20
abbie227 Member Egg Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 50	Haha lots of suprises in store when i get my baby then! Stupid question but do u put the coco coir in dry?? Or damp it a bit. I dont want to put it in dry then it expand like crazy haha i feel silly for asking such simple questions but i feel like you guys are the experts! X

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