I offered it some commercial tortoise/land turtle food (that kind of smells like fruit loops) a variety of organic spring mix, freeze dried cricket and grasshopper and a small earth worm.
Since the uvb from this bulb reaches pretty far I am going to try just having it up much higher and on for...
After doing more research on the young ones, it seems my mvb bulb is not what I want and is way too powerful. I can find the reptisun bulbs for some uvb, but I'd like one that also provides just a little bit of warmth to encourage him to bask. Without any additional heat it gets down to around...
Hi guys, meet Tortellini a hatchling three toed box turtle and my first reptile. I just got him today, warmed him up from the cold and have let him snooze in his enclosure. He likes to burrow pretty deep in the substrate, I actually thought I lost him for a minute earlier ?. This is mostly an...
Awesome. My only real concern was having unpleasant escapees, but if that's not a problem I'm sure he will love the company and free snacks. I'll get isopods and springtails and earthworms in there, and a couple of live plants.
Sounds like I should be safe then, thanks! What about the springtails? Do they stay in or go springing out? I'm hoping that my box turtle munches on any isopods that might get too adventurous.
I am getting a three toed box turtle and would like to go bioactive with his indoor enclosure. My only concern really is that the isopods and springtails will escape, as his enclosure has an open top. Anyone have problems with the bugs escaping or do they stay in the dirt pretty well?