Sangotola

I live in Baltimore, MD. I've been raising turtles for 12 years. In my outdoor enclosures I have Eastern box turtles, Ornate box turtles and 3-toed box turtles and adult mating pair of Gulf coast turtles. The only water turtles I have are 2 adult female Malaysian box turtles.

My outdoor enclosures are complete with a large pond & stream for the Malaysian turtles in their enclosure and a bog pond and stream for the Gulf Coast, Eastern, Ornate and 3-toed box turtles. My three outdoor turtle enclosures sizes; one is 12ft by 8ft and two are 10ft by 8ft. They connect to form a U with the biggest on the bottom part of the U and the 2 smaller ones are the legs of the U.

I have live plants, goldfish in a pond for them to catch and eat, which they do. I have vegetables and herbs and perennials and fruit growing within their reach. I grow strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, carrots, peas and salad greens right in the enclosure. They eat freely and can also get worms from the worm mound where we breed worms for their food supply.

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