Terrarium things I should put in

[cmacusa3]

Abrams,
I thought they ate Cap'N Crunch?

They will!!

 

[Luis Taveras0]

So I got this

 

[JVBassin]

Try coconut fiber for the little guys and put it everywhere about 2.5 inches deep. They'll love it!

 

[Luis Taveras0]

OK so this is the way the terrarium looks now

 

[KaitlinKeefe_]

looks much better! are you using your old food bowl as a water dish and feeding on a slate or something?

a couple of fake plants might be nice for him/her to hide in (i got mine a the dollar store lol)

whats your lighting situation?

 

[Luis Taveras0]

His tank is right next to a window that provides sunlight but the light is broken so I don't know right now

 

[cmacusa3]

Looking better but you still need some better substrate under that large coco husk. If you can't find any just send me a PM with your address and I would be happy to send you a bag to help you out. Make sure the food and water dishes get sunk down in that substrate. The lighting will be important but you need to go one step at a time.

 

[Luis Taveras0]

Is this light good for my box turtle

 

[KaitlinKeefe_]

I don't think so

 

[BrianWI]

Is this light good for my box turtle

Yes, I would use a reflector (like a metal dome) and try to position it about 8" from the substrate.

 

[BrianWI]

Also, tip that hide on an angle down into the substrate so one end's opening is completely buried.

 

[TammyJ]

Don't know anything about box turtles. Except that I don't understand why they are called turtles and not tortoises! I seem to picture turtles being in water.

Anyway you will get great information on this site! Best of luck.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Luis:

I don't trust those lights. Some of our members use them, and have used them for quite a while with no problems, but others of us have seen animals with painful eyes when using those type of lights.

For box turtles I like to use a light like this one:



And then for heat I use this:

 

[Luis Taveras0]

Changed it up a bit I got a background to cover the glass and changed the water dish is there anything else I should change