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    Father and Daughter's first Tortoise

    Appreciate the resources. Quick question, is a 6ft x 8ft not sufficient space as the primary enclosure space? As it grew i was thinking of making a turtle run area to explore. Im a firm believer of the measure twice mentality. We are getting the enclosure set up first and will then be...
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    Father and Daughter's first Tortoise

    I was actually just reading these before you sent them and yes they arent the most clear. I owned a turtle as a boy named saturn and enjoyed him for years romping around our garden. Thanks for the suggestion on the chinese box turtle. The gold coin one seems way too expensive and also seems...
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    Father and Daughter's first Tortoise

    Ok great thanks! I was aware of not taking any of the native wild box turtles, i'll look into owning a captive-bred, thanks! I'll head over to box turtle forums here as well. Thanks.
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    Father and Daughter's first Tortoise

    Hi All, So I agreed to get my 7 year old a turtle. After doing way too much research (I'm an engineer) I convinced my daughter a tortoise/Box turtle might be the best bet. My wife really dislikes pets and I think with a little bit of help and a really good set up my daughter can grow into the...
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