Baby pics...

[Saleama]

Just some quick shots of my baby and juvenile habitats. I use real plants and sometimes there are mishaps so I have had to recently replant both enclosures. The babies are going to receive an upgrade from a 20 long to a 40 breeder. I added some of my outdoor garden area as well. The outdoor garden area is where the Russians live. This entire area was devoid of plants three and a half months ago. I added some baby purple grass, tomatoes, hollyhock, ice plants, three types of moss, monkey grass and spread a good amount of pasture mix seeds. Now it is over run and provides hours of relaxation for me and my neighbor.

 

[CharlieM]

Great photos!! Lucky turtles and tortoises.

 

[Yvonne G]

I love your "Texas" waterer! Where on earth did you find that?

I start out the baby box turtle season with beautiful, well-planted habitats, and after about a month they're plain and devoid of plants. I have to root around in the dirt to find the babies and it messes up the root systems, causing the plants to die. I don't understand how TerryO keeps her habitats looking so pretty.

Baby box turtles are just so special. Love your babies!!!

 

[dannel]

Thanks for the pics! How do you keep your baby boxies heads out of the water? (How do you make it more shallow)

 

[Saleama]

The baby boxies swim like fish. They keep their own heads up, lol. Yvonne, the pool shaped like Texas is a bird bath I bought at Lowes. I just put it on the ground instead of on the pedestal. I also have the problem of killing the plants looking for them. For the babies, I just don't dig for them too much and I plant over and over. The juveniles come running when I feed them so I hardly ever have to dig for them.

 

[dannel]

You dont worry about them not being able to get out?

 

[Saleama]

Thanks for the pics! How do you keep your baby boxies heads out of the water? (How do you make it more shallow)

Oh...and pebbles. large driveway rocks I get from the landscaping at work, lol.

 

[Saleama]

You dont worry about them not being able to get out?

Nope. I use increasingly larger terra-cotta saucers. the turtles learn how to get out of them without tipping. I have some special needs babies that had a harder time of it. For them I build up the sides with the pebbles.