New turtle home!
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Very cool ! Looks nice and cozy 
Where do you put the heat and UV lights ?
Where do you put the heat and UV lights ?
I thought this was going to be an adoption story lol
pryncesssc said:Very cool ! Looks nice and cozy
Where do you put the heat and UV lights ?
I just transitioned them today and I have a light that sticks to the back of the tank and hangs over that I wasn't able to move just yet.
katelyn0974 said:I just transitioned them today and I have a light that sticks to the back of the tank and hangs over that I wasn't able to move just yet.
Very nice . Just be careful with the UVB light , the screen on the cage will block a lot of the UV out .. don't know if you are aware or not. Great looking cage though. You will have happy turtles
pryncesssc said:Very nice . Just be careful with the UVB light , the screen on the cage will block a lot of the UV out .. don't know if you are aware or not. Great looking cage though. You will have happy turtles
Thank you. I also let them soak in the sun a couple times per week to get some good light. I was unaware of that.
Looks good! What kind of tort are you getting? Good luck!
mattgrizzlybear said:
Thanks! I have three eastern box turtles.
Ya I had no idea either . I just cut the screen so it would not be in the way of the bulb
Tank a little small for three. easters are fast and walk around allot. They need allot of exercise to be healthy. I would work on building them a table. how big is that tank? most people I'm not saying u don't think turtles walk or move that Much so a small tank will be fine but that is very wrong. watch one in a outside enclosure you will be amazed. thay get fat and sick in small tank pluss easterns love to dig so make the substrate verydeep. I have had my breeding pair of easters way over 20 years allmost 30. I raised them. they have no pyramiding and give me two clutches of eggs a year
they have a monster enclosure and still try to dig to China or clime out. are you're hatchlings? if so I recommend the tank you have but just for a year. it keeps the heat and humidity in wich is very important to hatchlings. just get a light timer the ones that u can set more the one on and off a day. I have one you can do every half hour. well get a clip on fan and have it go on for 10 minuts every to three hours when daylight's are on. this keeps fresh air in and cools the tank a little good luck
they have a monster enclosure and still try to dig to China or clime out. are you're hatchlings? if so I recommend the tank you have but just for a year. it keeps the heat and humidity in wich is very important to hatchlings. just get a light timer the ones that u can set more the one on and off a day. I have one you can do every half hour. well get a clip on fan and have it go on for 10 minuts every to three hours when daylight's are on. this keeps fresh air in and cools the tank a little good luck
tickle said:
Two are five months old and one is about three. They are still very little. This tank is a 40 gallon tank and there is a lot of moss with carpet on the floor. I live in south florida so during the day it gets very hot. I keep them under the patio because of the very hot temperatures and take them out when soaking and expose them to natural sunlight. I have a uv lamp that is clipped to the tank too. ( not in picture).
Keep them under the patio? Carful with awuariums they can over heat rather easy cuz the air gets trapped. Why not add deeper substrate like soil and the moss on too to help keep moisture in the substrate, also box turtles love digging. It will be big enough for now. U don't have lights in it?
Millerlite said:
Yeah, the temperature stays around 80-90 during the day. I do have a UVB light but it's not shown in the picture. What do u recommend for the soil and to help keep moisture?
Nice setup
plain soil mixed with peat moss and leaf litter works well it's what I use in my tables and hatching s setups I also like loss of moss. just be careful of it overheating or drying out/soggy
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