I found a little baby box turtle a little bigger than a quarter in my backyard today. Im so afraid that the birds will get him so i got a big foil pan, put dirt in it with a water bowl and put him in there. im keeping him inside. Is that okay?
Can I do this?
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jaizei said:
Yes like is it okay if i keep him in that foil pan in the house?
If you are keeping him just for the night and plan on letting him go in a safer, yet close to where you found him area tomorrow. Then yes it is okay to keep him in the pan for the night. If you plan on keeping him for good, and housing him in a tin pan, well then no, for a couple reasons. Tin pan not a proper home, more importantly, you took him from the wild, and he needs to go back to the wild. I hope this helps and answers your question.
Well acctually hes a baby of my other turtles. i have them in a ring around the tree and they had babies. that is where i found him. so im going to keep him i just dont know how to keep him away from the birds
You can build a easy wooden enclosure with a metal screen or mesh or even netting, to keep predators from coming!
Very cheap and easy!
Very cheap and easy!
Well yea that makes sense haha. thank you guys!
well if you build a big outdoor enclosure youll probibly lose him lol for hatchlings i suggest a planted terrerium with supervised outings in the great outdoors
this way you can moniter him and his health
this way you can moniter him and his health
How come everyone but me is finding box turtles?????....some ppl have all the luck!!!...........If I were you..build an inside enclosure for now, a 10 or 20 gallon fish tank will work for now..put a few inches or moist dirt in there and set it up with a shallow water dish and a few plants....and something for heat...
"How come everyone but me is finding box turtles?????...."
its because you live in kaliforniastan! lol
its because you live in kaliforniastan! lol
turtlemann2 said:
I don't find any turtles either cause I live in Chicago !
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