Outdoor underground night box for EBT

[stinax182]

I'd like to keep my eastern box turtle outside 24/7 this summer. I live in Massachusetts so it's perfect weather for her. I have an escape proof enclosure but I'd like to make a wooden den box that i can bury and fill with leaf litter for her to hide and sleep in. I believe some people use this method for burmating them? Is this a good idea? Or should i just build an above ground one?

Also, if i were to do this, how could i make sure it didn't flood?

 

[Tom]

Build it so that the chamber and entrance tunnel all run downhill and put a rain cover over the entrance.

Like this:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/semi-underground-russian-box.98590/

I've never used an underground box for russians, but it works great for sulcatas and russians.

 

[stinax182]

Thank you tom! I have a Windows phone but the search option doesn't work for this forum

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I have several underground escapes for my Redfoot tortoises. I Place them inside an elevated mound so that when it floods...and it will flood..The tortoises don't get washed away.