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hey, I got a bunch of free cocunut bark from the San Diego herp show this weekend and was wondering is it's alright to use for sulcata tortoises, or any tortoises?
thanx,
-Colin

Hello Collin,

I use it for a small section of my outdoor G. carbonaria, elegans and radiata enclosures, so if they want to buy themselves in a more humid substrate, they can. I do not use it for any part of my G. sulcata or pardalis area.

I also use cocnut bark for my Xenopeltis unicolor and coconut bark with moss for my Boa constrictor and Varanus dumerilii enclosures.

It is a great substrate for retaining moisture and creating humidity, which is something that you do not want too much of with a sulcata.

Cheers,

Michael

I use coconut for my torts russians and a home's hingeback with no problems try to keep it a tiny bit moist or it can get dusty it helps with humidity too.I am not sure about the sulacata because they need dry substate you could try not wetting it for him but timothy hay works great for them I used to have one and she loved to nibble on it.
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yeah i just use it in a small part of the enclosure. i dont wet it because i dont want mold or increased humidity, just put it in there for something else for them to chill on, and because i got a bunch of it for free! the main section of my enclosure uses bermuda hay for substrate, then there are two smaller sections, one uses a mix of topsoil and playsand for burrowing and the other has the coconut bark. I just wanted to run it by you guys to see if it was hazardous in any way, wouldn't want to put them in danger!
Thanx,
-Colin