Substrate Problem

[DucLuu]

Hi, My name is Duc and I'm new to tegus. I just received a baby Black & White and noticed some little yellow balls in my top soil. I'm using Scott's Top Soil and some play sand mix. On the bag it didn't say anything about fertilizer or pesticides but it did say all organic. There's not a lot of these balls, I picked most of it out already, but there could possibly be a little more in the soil. Now I'm worried. Should I vacuum all this soil up and put new substrate? Or should my tegu be ok? Would be a pain to have to remove all this soil.

 

[amber n jesse longden]

i would suggest removing all of it. i use a mix of eco earth and jungle mix. my b&w seems to love it. and has no stuck sheds. it also helps with the humidity. i live in new hampshire and for a little while had an issue keeping the humidity up. until i use this mixture. i use 4 solid bricks of eco earth and 1 8 quart bag of loose jungle mix. she loves to burrow in it. she has tunnels everywhere. sometimes i cant even find her

 

[DucLuu]

Thank You for your reply. Im going to remove all of it just to be safe. Going to be a pain getting 4 inches of soil out of the tank

 

[amber n jesse longden]

Your welcome. i know the feeling my lil gu has about since inches of substrate im dreading having to change it.

 

[amber n jesse longden]

Sorry six* inches

 

[amber n jesse longden]

Just as a warning do not feed your gu raw egg ever. i cant mine and my husbands off of raw egg. ive been fighting trying to get her off of it for months now. she will not eat anything else.

 

[DucLuu]

Thanks for the tips, I really appreciate it. Since i have extra play sand, I'm probably going to mix eco earth with the sand.

 

[amber n jesse longden]

that will work. i cant get play sand in my area we live in new hampshire. so i went with jungle mix. she seems to love it.

 

[SnakeCharmr728]

I use scotts and have never noticed that, maybe it was just the bag or shipment that had something funky in it.

 

[laurarfl]

It sounds like those little balls they use to hold moisture in the soil. I don't know if they are harmful or not.

Egg is OK in moderation, but tegus can get 'stuck' on it.

 

[DucLuu]

Thanks for the help guys, I took all the soil out to be safe and put 100% cypress mulch in today.