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Would this Forest Moss work well for a substrate for terrestiral salamanders?
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I am currently using a 50/50 mix of plantation soil (File Not Found) and top soil. However, I find it gets in some of the salamanders eyes and sticks to them a bit.
 
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Mine are always rather dirty after a good dig. If they have a small water dish or pool they usually wash off. I use tropical soil/coconut husk. I do like to collect my own moss from the forest near my work. I soak it overnight to get the bugs out. No nearby farms to contaminate but you gotta watch that. I find with the loose store bought moss that they tend to get it stuck in their mouths when lunging at food and I end up pulling moss out of their mouths all the time, and the stuff I had is the same as the one in the picture. Some specialist stores sell sheets of live moss too.
 
If the plantation soil contains peat, then don't use it, because its low in ph (although the topsoil you have mixed in may keep the ph from getting too low). I'm not sure about the moss though, because it may reanimate or it wont , and if it doesn't it could cause low ph issues. Don't worry about the substarte sticking to them (mine are always covered in soil).
 
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