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Thank you all for the advice, tips, and help. I will be making some changes in Tara's feedings and home to help keep her happy and healthy.

Oh, ok. I see what you mean. The opening where she enters and exits is only about an inch and a half tall. It cannot be tipped over because we added a secure base to it. But the backside is a little high. I'll correct that tomoro. Thanks for clarifying

Sorry if I don't quite understand, how could the sides of what I have be trouble? We rounded them off to have no square or sharp edges to them.

We have a 150w exo terra basking light, a Zoo Med Reptisun 5.0 UVB mini, and a night time warming light which is an incandescent bulb. She does go outside when it's nice out.

Here's a pic of our light setup

We got creative with a few things when making her home. Her water "bowl" is the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket that the edges are rounded with another section of the bucket to keep it from tipping and easily removed for cleaning. The worms are dusted in a calcium powder. The UVB is a bulb that...

What do you mean by a "closed chamber"?

Humidity in the middle of the area is 64%. But around 90 on the substrate. Basking is UVA. UVB is a reptisun bulb.

She's an eastern box turtle. She's about 5 and a half inches long.

Hi everybody. I'm very new to having a turtle. After doing hours upon hours of reading to try to adequately care and house a turtle, I've gotten stumped and need some help. Our turtle, Tara, just got a new home. It's 4'x2'. We've got a basking light, a UV light and a nighttime warming lamp. She...