Reptile Terrarium Bedding Amount

"On behalf of Expert Village I'm Nicole. With any type of bedding you want to the average depth of bedding is probably going to be 2-3". For the sand here I would put about 2" down here on the bottom of this, some sand or some desert dwelling animals like to burrow a little bit so I like to provide a little bit of depth. The rodent requires about 2 1/2-3" of bedding simply because you are going to be removing a lot of it while you are spot cleaning and they used it to form themselves a nest. So that is really important for their well being and then the jungle earth here I like to put about 2" on the bottom of this. It's easily cleaned up so when you do spot clean you are not going to be removing a whole lot of the bedding. The animals that are in these types of terrariums don't like to burrow so there is no need for a 3" depth. For the aspen snake bedding I like to put at least 3" deep simply because the snakes that live in that type of bedding are burrowers. They like to hide under it and it's a source of security for them so providing that depth is pretty important. For animals such as turtles that live in burrows naturally I like to use the pete moss and Douglas fur bark. It's like a soil it's not actually chunks of bark it's a actual soil and I provide for 5" of depth for them to be able to provide a depth in which they can burrow and feel comfortable."