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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    good thing they seem to overcome most of our efforts?
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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    Thanks for all your helpful advice..... the other thing I'm pondering is if she's planted herself for the winter, or just a temporary rest spot..who knows if there is a warm spell coming and if that changes her plan...maybe not if length of daylight is more the determining factor
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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    I was layering some branches in the outdoor enclosure, next step piling up some mulch and leaves on top. As I was moving some things around, I found Kiwi nestled down about an inch in some old dried grass from last winter. My question is this...can you pile stuff up on top of a box turtle? is...
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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    the wisdom here was invaluable
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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    well.....here's the rest of the story...(so far) about 2 and 1/2 weeks after her surgery, she was still not eating in her indoor box enclosure. I knew that time was running short, so I wanted to get her back outside. The vet said she had moderate parasites, but there were no outward signs...
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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    makes sense
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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    I did find an incadescant bulb...will monitor the temp...I can adjust the height. Ive found that keeping humidity up where it needs to be requires the mister to be on quite a bit...i bought a slew of vitamins and will use sparingly on food and water...Heard that RED attracts them to eat (maybe)...
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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    ok..some updates and some possibly unusual questions still dont think shes started eating...faked me out a little with a worm...part of it was gone, but I dont know if it was eaten or trampled ....I moved her indoor enclosure into the furnace room, it a bout 5 degrees warmer due to the pipes...
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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    FINALLY.. I bought some worms, some nightcrawlers, she'd go up to them, look at them, but never took a bite... they got a little covered with dirt and substrate so I dropped him in her water dish.... they crawled out and were hiding behind it (roasting in the 100゚) When I took the water dish...
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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    gotta be careful...I left the space heater on low, and when I checked back after a few hours, it was 100°...the good news is she scampered into her hide..where it was exactly 80°..it scared me though
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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    After I got rid of the coil bulbs and used the long Bulb, like the one in the picture, I had a hard time getting the temperature even up to 70゚... and I had to use the mister extensively to get the humidity up.... Since the bulb doesn't give off much heat I tried the space heater ...I had read...
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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    the worm has been spied...
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    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    skin looks bleached out...not so thin and papery..returning to normal..surgery site looks puffy, insision looks fine, the "bump" is alot smaller, hopefully will continue to shrink..her right side ear looks really good...she seems active and alert ...eyes look fine..having a soak going to get...
  14. Barber25

    Need ideas for box turtle pond

    Great ideas..i believe the lack of substrate is an issue and now I understand what you're saying about the baby food soak
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