Enclosure Questions

[Tropical Torts]

Hello all you experts out there. I have three eastern box turtles and I have an area for an outdoor enclosure (as they are to big for indoors and its to nice outside for them to stay inside all the time) and I was wondering how I should landscape it. Like plants ect. Pics of pre-existing enclosures would be nice so that I would know how to plan mine.

Thanks!

 

[chadk]

You can see some of mine here:
http://iherp.com/wafisherman

I'd go with lots of plants, logs, sticks, leaves, etc. The older the better. You want to attract bugs, slugs, snails, worms... A natural compost bin of sorts... Give them areas to sun themselves, areas to dig down into the leaf litter, soil, or compost material.

A small pond would be good. Or at least nice large dishes of water they can easily get in and out of. Mine like to swim a little from time to time.

Are you going to leave them there year round?

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A few more ideas:
http://northwesttortoise.com/turtle-topia_-_box_turtle_pens

http://turtletails.net/backyardturtles/byttour1.htm

 

[Tropical Torts]

Thanks for the ideas Chad. I dont know about leaving them out year round I live in Florida and it is usually really warm but it does get cold in the winter sometimes in the low 30s.

 

[chadk]

Well, they live in the wild outdoors year round just fine You just have to give them a proper area to hibernate where they will be below ground and\or under a nice pile of leaves and composte... I'm in the Seattle area and keep mine outdoors

 

[terryo]

Here's some pictures of mine. I have converted it a bit for my Cherry Head now and am making a new boxie pen this Spring.

 

[Tropical Torts]

Thank you for the pictures. I love the enclosure and how it is planted. Youre pictures definetly have given me some ideas on how i will plant mine. As soon as I have the finished product i will post some pics, but thanks again for the ideas!!