Eastern box turtle

[Lcudd00]

I currently have my boxie on coconut fiber. Is that a good substrate?

 

[wellington]

Plain dirt would probably be better for a boxie, but, yes coconut coir is fine too.

 

[diamondbp]

I agree I like mainly a loose dirt foundation with some leaf litter mixed in and a very thin cypress mulch layer on top.

 

[lisa127]

When I used coco coir I mixed it 50/50 ratio with new Zealand long fibred sphagnum moss. Plain coco coir is difficult to dig into and does not give good traction for walking.

 

[CapturedSerpant]

I use coconut substrate mixed with some dirt and a layer of dried pine needles to top it off to hold in moisture, my lil guy loves it!