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RE: Russian tortoise substrate question

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Posted by: joeysgreen at Tue Mar 14 12:34:28 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by joeysgreen ]  
   

I'm pretty sure that russian tort's are dry scrubland type torts. Prairie even. I wish I could visit the habitat to know for sure, but ideally, I'd guess that if you wanted to go all out, a compacted dirt/soil would be best with a burrow perhaps predug and reinforced. Hay or long grasses on top of it all would offer cover, bedding, and the occasional snack.

Of course, until this happens at my house, I use wood shavings, with the hay on top.

Ian


   

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