I am also guilty of this. I jumped on the bandwagon so to speak because I was intrigued by making my uro happy and perhaps healthier in the long run. There he was one day, basking out on his sand, and I thought "maybe he isn't as happy as I think he may be". So I jumped in, got some dirt, mixed some up, played with water, watched it dry and thought my end result was something that my uro could use. Anyway, in the short, I tried soil and the soil setup is not for everyone because it definitely takes time, patience, and applied thought. I am down for it but I need to spend more time and more money on rubbermaid containers and topsoil to figure things out minus Spike. Spike isn't hurting on just plain ol' sand. He is quite happy and it's something he is used to. For the time being, I have to set up a "play area" and play with different mixtures. I also want a larger enclosure for Spike and the soil mix.

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Lisa



1 Mali Uro - Spike

1 Leopard Tort - Herman

1 Shih Tzu - Jake



lisasmith@optonline.net

Monroe, NY

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