Where they poop, I just scoop out an area maybe two or three inches around and all the way to the bottom of the tub, then I either drop a large handful of new mulch in the hole, or I spread the existing stuff around to fill in.

You can tell when it is getting ratty, it looks all funky and starts to smell. I dont wait that long, I will change the whole tub out and sterilize it every so often. I pretty much change the entire tub out in the spring, once more mid-summer, then right before the breeding season. They really dont eat in the winter as much, so from November to March it is pretty much spot-clean only.

Also, I am not sure if they sell cypress treated for insects, but I would be careful buying it at the H-Depot or a gas station? I buy it at a local Agway (I am not sure if this is a national chain or not?) and I made sure to tell them and inquire if the cypress I am buying is untreated. The lady at the Agway told me a local zoo buys it there also for their enclosures and had asked the same questions about it being chemically treated. That would be no good!

Alan

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