SCOTTY’S BUGS Mulched Leaf Litter for Reptiles, Isopods Live & Snails, Isopod Substrate, Terrarium Bedding, Organic Leaves from Natural Woodlands, 12-Ounce Pack
$14.99
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Product Description
Scotty’s Bugs Sterilized Mulched Leaf Litter is the natural choice for enhancing the well-being of your beloved forest-dwelling pets in their bioactive terrariums. Derived from natural woodlands, this leaf litter has been carefully collected and sterilized, ensuring a clean and safe substrate for your isopods, reptiles, amphibians, snails, and other detritivore companions. Additionally, it is properly mulched, creating a substrate that better fills enclosures, enhancing burrowing opportunities and offering easily digestible food for the inhabitants. The mixture includes oak, elm, and maple tree leaves.
It’s more than just substrate; it’s a natural ecosystem that brings the forest floor to your pet’s habitat.
Scotty’s Bugs Leaf Litter Benefits: Nurturing Your Terrarium’s Ecosystem
Nutrient-Rich Substrate
When added to existing soil substrates, mulched leaf litter breaks down faster than whole leaves, adding nutrients to the substrate and providing food for springtails and isopods. Your forest-dwelling friends will find it irresistible, and your terrarium plants will benefit from its organic decomposition.
Improved Burrowing and Shelter
These dried leaves are properly mulched, creating a substrate that maximizes the space for burrowing and provides your animals with excellent shelter and protected spots.
Enhanced Visual Barriers
Every pet needs its hideaway and safe spot, and these leaves provide the perfect hiding place for animals. They act as visual barriers, making them feel safe in their environment. Additionally, they can make your enclosure appear more spacious, reducing potential stress for tank inhabitants living in close quarters.
Humidity Control
Because this leaf litter naturally holds moisture, it helps keep the humidity levels in your enclosure at ideal levels. This aspect is particularly beneficial for organisms that rely on humidity, such as isopods and springtails.
By adding Scotty’s Bugs Mulched Leaf Litter to your existing soil substrates, you’re not only improving the appearance of your pet’s enclosure but also providing them with a more natural, comfortable, and functional habitat. Your forest-dwelling friends will find this leaf litter irresistible, and your plants will benefit from its decomposition as it enriches the soil.
Available in two different sizes to suit your tank’s needs. The 12-ounce pack is enough to cover the bottom of a 10-gallon tank, while the 24-ounce pack provides ample coverage for a thicker layer or multiple tanks.
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12 oz. Pack 24 oz. Pack
Package Dimensions : 11.26 x 8.78 x 3.86 inches; 13.44 ounces
Item model number : MulchedLeaf12oz
Date First Available : November 17, 2023
Manufacturer : SCOTTY’S BUGS
ASIN : B0CNKXF746
Country of Origin : USA
Sterilized, Clean & Natural: Leaf litter collected from natural woodlands is sterilized to provide a high-quality, organic substrate for your reptiles, isopods, and amphibian pets to thrive in a forest-like habitat. The mixture includes elm, maple, and oak leaves.
Leaf Litter for Terrarium & Other Tanks: Enhance the habitat of your reptiles, isopods, or snails with our leaf litter, which provides visual barriers and natural hiding spots. It also works great as a soil additive for plants and helps maintain healthy humidity levels in the tank.
Mulched for Maximum Benefit: Our leaf litter has been properly mulched, resulting in a substrate that fills enclosures more effectively, providing more access to burrowing, & offers easy digestion as a food source.
Nutrient-Rich Composting: When adding to existing soil substrates, the leaf litter for reptiles will break down faster than whole leaves, providing a nutrient-rich environment for any bioactive terrarium.
Provides Comfort & Shelter: It’s a valuable addition to various detritivore terrariums & bioactive enclosures, serving as a safe resting place & shelter for reptiles, isopods, springtails, snails, & frogs. All of these animals will find comfort in the cover it provides! The 12-ounce pack is enough to cover the bottom of a 10-gallon tank, while the 24-ounce pack provides more than enough for a thicker layer or multiple tanks. Choose from different sizes to match your tank’s needs.
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Calvin –
Good for Isopods
Used in my Isopod tank as a more broken down layer between dirt and larger leaves, they seem to love it.
Liz Hamala –
quality
A little pricey but really nice stuff.
TechAndJewelGeeks –
Better than I expected. Mulched leaves, nearly dirt free, with minimal debris.
With two frogs and two toads in two different tanks, I go through a lot of sterilized dirt plus leaf litter and/or mulched leaves to keep my springtails and isopods healthy and repopulating. I was pleasantly surprised to see this bag of Scotty’s Bugs mulched leaves pop up and happily grabbed it to try out.Specs:- the mulched leaves arrived mulched, but not excessively crushed, in a well-sealed 12 oz. brown kraft bag- the bag measures 12″H x 10″W x3″D (3″ at the bottom and tapers as the bag goes upward) and has a window ->> so you can see what you’re getting before opening <<-- the mulch is advertised as sterilized, including on the bag's label. I still went ahead and sealed the entire bag inside another airtight plastic bag for 3.5 days - just to be safe and protect against potential hitchhikers (like mites). That's my status quo, however, you do what's best for your situation.I used the mulch in both my toads' terrarium and my frogs' terrarium by mixing most of it in with the existing dirt but also left a small pile in the corner of each. I lightly watered the mixture and added a sprinkle of Isopod & Superload food. In one night, they'd chewed through a noticeable amount of the mulched leaves, so it's clear they prefer this mix of 3 types of tress over my home-made single leaf type mixture.Overall, the quality of the Scotty's Bugs mulched leaves is better than I expected. There was very minimal non-leaf material, it was nearly dirt free, and the majority of the leaf stems were broken into smaller sizes. At just $15, it's reasonably priced and affordable enough that I'll definitely buy from them in the future. I'd call this a very good buy. Enjoy! ðNote: This is my honest opinion and I hope my experience with the item helps you in your decision.
TheMicrocat –
BIG pieces
The listing shows, and claims, that the leaf litter is “properly mulched,” but mine most certainly was not. There were BIG pieces of leaves, with some leaves almost completely full.It was a decent amount of leaf litter, and was good for adding to multiple small terrariums with both arboreal snails and exotic millipedes in them.Price was much too high for what you are getting, however. I’m glad I gave it a try, for very basic leaf litter, it’s exactly what you would expect which is why I gave it 4 stars (removed a star because mine was absolutely not ‘properly mulched’). I would not consider getting it again nor recommending it at this price though (currently $14.99).
Rodriguez –
Great Product
My isopods love this leaf litter. I like that it comes with multiple types of leaves and that they are mulched so more fit in the bag than if they were whole leaves. I took a good look in the bag and I didn’t see any pests but I did still freeze it for a few days because it makes me feel better. I mixed some leaves into my frog and leopard geckos bioactive tanks and the clean up crew seem to love it. I am thinking about setting up a shrimp tank and I will definitely add some of these leaves to the tank if I do. I am really happy with this product and would purchase it again and recommend it to others.