Will this 48" x 36" Metal/pre-galvanized powder-coated steel garden bed be okay for an outdoor box turtle pen?? Or will it absorb too much heat and hurt the turtle??
One of my neighbors down the road had 3 box turtles that they rescued and didn't want them anymore and they are going to be moving in a few months so they gave them to me. One of the turtles has a few cuts and scrapes on it, 2 nails missing and a little chip on the shell. I had called the vet...
I'm trying to get my new outdoor pen done for my box turtles and i want to know what kind of bedding i should use. I had topsoil last year and it would always dry out and some of it turned into big chucks even if i kept it wet, should i get topsoil and try it again or what should i use?
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Just adding leaves to the eco earth will be better than just the eco earth itself? (when adding live worms in the cage?) ?
And Will this soil work? http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FE1GGG2/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
This is probably a weird question but i want what's best for my boxies. I have eco earth in my box turtles cage and I plan on putting some worms in there but I was wondering if its ok for the worms to be covered in eco earth when the box turtle eats it?? The previous owner had all the box...
I'm getting a box turtle soon and have a few questions.
What kind of substrate is best for them? They said it's using repti bark now, should I keep it in that or change it?
Will I be able to put live food in the repti bark, you'd think the bark would be harmful to the turtle if it ate some...