Hi everyone,
I am very curious about this, and just wanted some opinions from you all who have experience raising baby box turtles. I have some baby box turtles due to hatch soon, and regarding their enclosure, I have seen the Garden State Tortoise video about the water method and that essentially being the method that works the best. I would personally much rather do a tank like I would for a baby tortoise, with a mix of topsoil/ coco coir or something similar for the substrate, keeping everything very moist and humid, just with slight changes (larger water dish, more leaf litter, etc).
However, I am wondering if I really should be doing the water method, if it really is that much better for them and for a strong beginning. It just feels weird to me to be exposing a terrestrial turtle to water 24/7. I know they often spend time in water but is all the time really that beneficial. I am definitely open to doing it if it really is agreed to be better, I don't know. I just came to post this to see what you all have to say. Thanks for any input
I am very curious about this, and just wanted some opinions from you all who have experience raising baby box turtles. I have some baby box turtles due to hatch soon, and regarding their enclosure, I have seen the Garden State Tortoise video about the water method and that essentially being the method that works the best. I would personally much rather do a tank like I would for a baby tortoise, with a mix of topsoil/ coco coir or something similar for the substrate, keeping everything very moist and humid, just with slight changes (larger water dish, more leaf litter, etc).
However, I am wondering if I really should be doing the water method, if it really is that much better for them and for a strong beginning. It just feels weird to me to be exposing a terrestrial turtle to water 24/7. I know they often spend time in water but is all the time really that beneficial. I am definitely open to doing it if it really is agreed to be better, I don't know. I just came to post this to see what you all have to say. Thanks for any input