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Hi people. I have a bit of a problem with my chille
First of all shes a red chille rose
Right here goes. I had peat subtrate in her enclosure and all seemed well, she was in and out of her borrow, cleaning herself on show, at the water dish, eating, the lot. While talking about this problem to a mate he told me shes unhappy if shes on the move all the time??
I discovered little white creatures in the waters of both enclosures so i had to clean them all out and replace the substrate. I used a coconut media and also added sone cork bark too. Once all done my smithi loved it and borrowed right in but the chille seemed to hate it as she just sat up on the cork bark and didnt move.
A week later i tried to feed her and it looked like she just masacered the teo crickets and didnt eat them. So i decided to change her substrate back to the peat stuff but this time i left her in there and removed as much coconut media as poss then put the peat on top. She came down for a day or two and was in her shelter but them back up to the cork bark again.
3weeks later shes still there and i put a cricket in and she just kicked it out of the way and the cricket came back and walked underneath her and she didnt even move. There is a bit of coconut media at the back of her shelter still so i wonder if thats why she wont go in there but she still dont go on the rest of it.
During talking to a mate about this, he told me to put her on sand??? Ive heard thats not a good idea but he said wen he changed his to sand they lived it and webbbed all over the floor and moulted.
Oh and ive noticed these little white things are back too!! But only in with the chille so i think they are from the peat (which is from my local reptile shop)
So were am i going wrong?? Lol
And sand or not sand??
First of all shes a red chille rose
Right here goes. I had peat subtrate in her enclosure and all seemed well, she was in and out of her borrow, cleaning herself on show, at the water dish, eating, the lot. While talking about this problem to a mate he told me shes unhappy if shes on the move all the time??
I discovered little white creatures in the waters of both enclosures so i had to clean them all out and replace the substrate. I used a coconut media and also added sone cork bark too. Once all done my smithi loved it and borrowed right in but the chille seemed to hate it as she just sat up on the cork bark and didnt move.
A week later i tried to feed her and it looked like she just masacered the teo crickets and didnt eat them. So i decided to change her substrate back to the peat stuff but this time i left her in there and removed as much coconut media as poss then put the peat on top. She came down for a day or two and was in her shelter but them back up to the cork bark again.
3weeks later shes still there and i put a cricket in and she just kicked it out of the way and the cricket came back and walked underneath her and she didnt even move. There is a bit of coconut media at the back of her shelter still so i wonder if thats why she wont go in there but she still dont go on the rest of it.
During talking to a mate about this, he told me to put her on sand??? Ive heard thats not a good idea but he said wen he changed his to sand they lived it and webbbed all over the floor and moulted.
Oh and ive noticed these little white things are back too!! But only in with the chille so i think they are from the peat (which is from my local reptile shop)
So were am i going wrong?? Lol
And sand or not sand??
