Tortoise house?

[ryan57]

Yeah I changed plans for now. And I was going to put a cage over top, no way would I just use cinderblocks. But that’s at least a year away

He had a greenhouse top over the cinder blocks. It was just so f'n sad. LOL.

 

[Elliriyanna]

He had a greenhouse top over the cinder blocks. It was just so f'n sad. LOL.

lol I was gonna sink it and put hardware cloth under but I have a year or so before them. I am thinking bins for this year. Little bit only hatched in October

 

[ryan57]

lol I was gonna sink it and put hardware cloth under but I have a year or so before them. I am thinking bins for this year. Little bit only hatched in October

I love small turtles. We have a box turtle that comes over in the summers. Unfortunately my first one is a big one.

3 months old against the brick where he lives now.
3 months ago with my grandson.

Almost 3 years old. He hatched March 5th.

 

[Elliriyanna]

I love small turtles. We have a box turtle that comes over in the summers. Unfortunately my first one is a big one.

3 months old against the brick where he lives now.View attachment 386373
3 months ago with my grandson.
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Almost 3 years old. He hatched March 5th.

I have this little ones current enclosure posted somewhere here but i definitely want to get him or her in something bigger once we are out of the aquatic stage in a couple months

 

[Elliriyanna]

I misremembered, most keep them aquatic for 12-18 months so he will move to terrestrial next spring. Which means my current debate is do I upgrade the enclosure. I know often hatchlings are kept in smaller enclosures

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

I misremembered, most keep them aquatic for 12-18 months so he will move to terrestrial next spring. Which means my current debate is do I upgrade the enclosure. I know often hatchlings are kept in smaller enclosures

Maybe @turtlesteve can guide you on this. I remember him having used the water method

 

[turtlesteve]

How big is the current enclosure, and how big is the baby? Depends on preference. I wouldn’t go terrestrial before about 3” and I wouldn’t stay wet past 4” or so. So somewhere in that range is where you would transition. Planted terrarium is great if you can manage to keep the plants alive.

 

[Elliriyanna]

How big is the current enclosure, and how big is the baby? Depends on preference. I wouldn’t go terrestrial before about 3” and I wouldn’t stay wet past 4” or so. So somewhere in that range is where you would transition. Planted terrarium is great if you can manage to keep the plants alive.

I need to measure but 2-3” , I would say. It only hatched in October. Currently enclosure is 36x18x12

 

[Elliriyanna]

I just took little ones measurements. 3” and 63.5 grams. So I’m just debating when to upgrade from the 36x18x12