I went to home depot to look for top soil, but they said that it is mixed with poo. This is bad correct? I am wondering what exactly everyone uses for a digable sub. I am getting a hatchling monitor so would it be ok to use alot of coco fiber and some sand? Also I am wondering If peat moss is good to use instead of top soil. It looks pretty safe as far as I can tell.
any help will be much appreciated.
Reptile & Amphibian Forums
Welcome to kingsnake.com's message board system. Here you may share and discuss information with others about your favorite reptile and amphibian related topics such as care and feeding, caging requirements, permits and licenses, and more. Launched in 1997, the kingsnake.com message board system is one of the oldest and largest systems on the internet.
monitor substrait????
beardslycrew
Apr 07, 2009 11:41 PM
Replies (5)
drzrider
Apr 08, 2009 01:08 AM
I couldn't find dirt I liked when I filled my last enclosure. So I used this.
mixed with this
Yes, I was sore the next day.
Usually the cheap dirt at my home depot does not have manure in it. It is around $1.70 a bag.
-----
Ed
lwcamp
Apr 08, 2009 11:37 AM
>>I am wondering what exactly everyone uses for a digable sub.
>>I am getting a hatchling monitor so would it be ok to use
>>alot of coco fiber and some sand?
I am fortunate in that I can just go out to the abandoned lot behind where I live and dig up a wonderful desert dirt deposited by old Columbia river floods.
Despite that, I sometimes use those blocks of coconut fiber (the kinds you add water to and it expands) for the more forest-y animals.
Both seem to work for me.
Luke
robyn@ProExotics
Apr 08, 2009 01:18 PM
Peat is not a good choice.
Try another nursery or garden center for plain top soil. Which is not potting soil.
-----
robyn@proexotics.com
rappstar609
Apr 08, 2009 09:03 PM
I did the same thing as dzrider only i had to lug it downstairs by bucket to fill my 8x8 about a foot deep. I too, was sore the next day.
-----
1.1 Savannah Monitors (Annah & Terrance)
1.1 Nile Monitor (Lyle)
1.0 Timor Monitor (Timmmmaaayy)
1.0 Blood Python (Kevin)
1.0 Ball Python (Martin)
0.1 Leopard Gecko (Bella)
2.0 Bearded Dragons (Peter & Jack)
1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake (Hector)
1.1 Kenyan Sand Boas (Wayne & Maude)
1.0 Dwarf Gecko (Little Girl)
1.0 Curly Hair Tarantula (Pube)
1.0 OBT Usumbara Orange Baboon Tarantula (Sin)
1.0 Emperor Scorpion (Ashoka)
2.0 D. auratus (Poison Dart Frogs)
1.0 Peacock Bass (Gary)
beardslycrew
Apr 08, 2009 10:23 PM
thank you for your advice everyone. I went to another home depot and found something that seems pretty adaquate. its called, natures way top soil.
