cypress mulch

[mrcleansheet]

hi , i've bin looking for cypress mulch for over a month now .. i live in canada and whenever i go to a lace selling mulch they only ever have ceder , whats the diffrence between ceder and cypress , and does anyone know where too get it ?

 

[montana]

Ceder comes in different species all bad for your tegu ..

Keep looking it`s spring and you could find some ..

If not buy some coir ... Coconut fiber ... You can find it at hardware stores or plant nursery..

 

[mrcleansheet]

Ceder comes in different species all bad for your tegu ..

Keep looking it`s spring and you could find some ..

If not buy some coir ... Coconut fiber ... You can find it at hardware stores or plant nursery..

ohh .. i .. will .. keep .. looking .. then ..

 

[Rhetoric]

You can try looking for hemlock mulch, I use that for Guru's enclosure.
The other tegus have a coco-fiber/top soil mix.

 

[james.w]

You can use a top soil/sand mix as well. This is what I use and I am very happy with it.

 

[Frankie.d]

You can try looking for hemlock mulch, I use that for Guru's enclosure.
The other tegus have a coco-fiber/top soil mix.

Hi,

So you have no problem with hemlock how long have you used it? I live in BC canada and i found hemlock fir mulch can I use this?

 

[herpgirl2510]

I use hemlock mulch and 1/2 dirt sand.

 

[montana]

Fir is as bad as pine for your tegu ..

Hemlock is a white wood like aspen more suited to rats than tegus and their humidity loving nature ...

Bricks of coir ...

 

[Rhetoric]

Guru has only been on hemlock with me. Hes about a year old so hes been on it for 10-11 months. No issues, I still mist his cage daily for humidity but hes healthy. The other two are on topsoil

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Yeah I would avoid pine.

The mulch I have is super fine, I got it from a bark company. No additives or anything like that

 

[mrcleansheet]

yeaah , im going to do the top soil/sand or eco earth . since there is absloutly nowhere in my city that sells cypress mulch , i called each home depot every greenhouse and or gardening supplies store , and nothing

 

[jumper123]

hemlock mulch? like the kind that goes in front of houses!? there's a lot of hemlock mulches.. which kind? obviously not red hemlock