Substrate too hard, help!!

[barrre]

I have an H Arizonensis, I did a mixture of 25/75 excavator clay to sand after reading one board, and it wouldn’t hold when I tried to do burrows with it after it dried. Now I have 50/50 after seeing someone suggest that ratio and I think it’s too hard for my scorpion to burrow in. I just hear him scraping the top with his claws and it’s been a few days since he got in there. What can I do?? Break up the substrate and add sand?

 

[darkness975]

70 / 30 mixture of sand / excavator clay

 

[ArachnidsAreRad]

I use a mixture of sand excavator clay and creatures soil. Is it bad to add creatures soil?

 

[GordoOldman]

You can use additional mixes such as creatures soil, but remember that the peats and sphagnum particles will hold more moisture (a good thing for some species, a mold issue for others).