whats a good digging medium to use?
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whats a good digging medium to use?
Hi does anyone know what would be a good digging medium that's easy to get?
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Re: whats a good digging medium to use?
In my area, pet stores have “reptisoil” which is a combo of petemoss and soil ands more, and my invicta, Camponotus, and Odontomachus all love using it to annoy me by covering their tubes entrances xD. Now, when I check on them it will occasionally break.(They will do this with anything, even their own feces.
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Re: whats a good digging medium to use?
Is it the one by Zoo Med?
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Re: whats a good digging medium to use?
Yes, and it is also good for plants
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never mind
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Re: whats a good digging medium to use?
Dose the digging medium you suggested have pesticides?
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Re: whats a good digging medium to use?
Not that I know of, my ants that are sensitive to any form of pesticide do fine with it, and it’s for reptilian feeders so that might kill the reptiles…
No, I don’t think so
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Re: whats a good digging medium to use?
I use clay soil for my ant colony too. Messor barbarus loves digging in it and it is very much stable soil once it was watered and has dried out.
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Re: whats a good digging medium to use?
That’s reminds me, I once had some soil that I got, it was very soft like wet sand… but then, after getting it to dry out, it became a rock and never let the ants dig in it again. That soil is long goneAntsLuxembourg wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:03 amI use clay soil for my ant colony too. Messor barbarus loves digging in it and it is very much stable soil once it was watered and has dried out.
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