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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• Cypress as substrate? - FireStorm, Tue Jun 12 18:51:15 2007
• RE: Cypress as substrate? - thebigsquease, Tue Jun 12 19:04:36 2007
• RE: Cypress as substrate? - Amelia, Tue Jun 12 19:11:04 2007
• RE: Cypress as substrate? - jyohe, Tue Jun 12 19:27:39 2007
• RE: Cypress as substrate? - FireStorm, Wed Jun 13 04:52:21 2007
• Cypress is awesome! - zefdin, Wed Jun 13 06:54:09 2007
• How do you spot clean? - mikebell, Wed Jun 13 07:28:52 2007
• RE: How do you spot clean? - zefdin, Wed Jun 13 07:57:54 2007
• RE: How do you spot clean? - JenHarrison, Wed Jun 13 23:28:26 2007