Complete newbie question: changing the paper towels

[frognerd101]

Usually eco earth only needs to be cleaned every 5-6 months. If you have a live vivarium, the only thing you really have to do is remove dead crickets and feces and the tank will stay clean.

[Shanny]

Another way to lower how often you have to clean, is by adding live springtails to your substrate. I just recently ordered some from joshed frogs and put them in my terrarium. So far, so good. Springtails eat dead anything, be it crickets, dead leaves on the ground. They also eat feces and mold that has grown on some of the pieces of wood I have in my tank.

[Taxi]

OK, I will definitely go with eco-earth then I think, and springtails if I can find them. Right now I'm mostly worried that he's never going to eat anything...I've had him 4 days now, and not a nibble. He did eat while my sister-in-law had him, she says, so hopefully he's still OK. I would breathe a lot easier if he'd just eat something...