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Finally moved Leroy to his new outdoor enclosure a week ago! Its 4'x8' and enclosed with 1" chicken wire. The border has cement blocks below to prevent underground escapes. ;) His house is insulated with a hinged roof and has timothy hay inside. He has plenty of plants to munch, a sunning stone...

If he keeps it up, Leroy's first bite will be a knuckle sandwich!!!! LOL i'm kidding of course. Just venting because I'm worried....

And the temp range we are aiming for is 85-100F?

Sandy, I definitely sympathize! I keep reminding myself that he won't starve himself forever. No matter how stubborn.

Leroy has been set up with lamps (heat and Vit D) for 2 days now. Also about 24 hrs ago, we happily removed the sand and replaced it with soil from the yard and he has his leaves back. He had enough soil and leaves to bury himself last night so I'm happy about that. Need to get a thermometer but...

Very cool article! I remember seeing the Galapagos Tortoises in a magazine when I was about 6 yrs old and falling in love with tortoises and turtles at that moment!

Hey! and welcome! Check out what wellington said. The beginner's mistakes thread helps as well as the Plant ID.

Wowzers! He just wandered into your life? That's great! Hope he keeps the grass well cut LOL Hopefully he will come back to the box when he needs it and you won't need to lock him in. Will he be able to go in and out when he wants?

Hey, Critta. I'm new to the site, but seeing how close we live, perhaps we could learn something from each other as we go. I just adopted a Russian and have him inside a terrarium most of the time since its been so cool and wet lately. Will spend the next month or so on his more permanent...

Thanks, we put a lot of time into it!

Welcome! Great pics. I'm in a similar situation with my Russian Tort. He won't touch romaine, broc, etc. What kind of pellets are you using?

I thought the large shell was Speedy for a second! LOL Is that a place to hide?

Here are some pics of our box turtle habitat. It is 14' by 5'. Has 2 soaking areas made of unused oil pans. About 6' by 3' is occupied by an old salad bar tray from a closed restaurant. We drilled holes to allow rain to drain. The top is made of 4 hinged panels with chicken wire. The outer...

Just removed the sand and added soil mixed with leaves from yard. Thanks again for the tips!

Nice set up. Hope you enjoy your babies!

Thanks Tom! I'm here to learn so definitely appreciate all help. The sand is going to be replaced today. Soil and leaves will be used until I can get maybe some cypress mulch. The fruit wasn't eaten and we've been offering Romaine lettuce, cacti, broccoli, carrot. The pic with the fruit is...

Hey everyone! Great site and info, so I had to join. I recently adopted a Russian Tortoise and small box turtle that were kept for some time together in a terrarium. We quickly remedied the situation as best as we could. The turtle, Bobra (Bob), joined our other 2 box turtles, Roux and Nessie...

Ok. Thanks. We want to keep his habitats as close to his natural habitat as we can. He loved to hide in the leaves when he had them. Would soil, leaves, mulch be ok? Does the type of mulch matter? Obviously we won't get any stained or treated mulch.

Also, isn't sand part of the RT's natural habitat? We kept him in dry leaves a few days til we got sand. He seems happier in the sand.

Thanks. How long should we keep lamp on him? and should he get the Vitamin D light too?