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Hello I'm a newbie here, on this forum, but not to turtles/tortoises, and I am planning to get into box turtles sometime relatively soon. I am working on planning their outdoor enclosure and had a couple of questions
For those of you who have built outdoor enclosures for your boxies:
1) Did you use some sort of barrier to keep them from digging under the wall? If so, what have you found works best?
-I have used this (link below) under my tortoise enclosure and it seems to work ok
http://www.lowes.com/pd_157764-1311...rentURL=/pl__0__s?Ntt=chicken+wire&facetInfo=
- Would landscaping fabric be strong enough? Something like this (with a 20 year warranty)
http://www.lowes.com/pd_119019-2313...tt=landscaping+fabric&facetInfo=#BVRRWidgetID
2)How tall do you feel is a safe height? Does this number take substrate into account?
3) How many inches of substrate do you like to give them?
3) How many sq. ft. per turtle, do you like to have?
Thanks so much for your help!!
Rachel
For those of you who have built outdoor enclosures for your boxies:
1) Did you use some sort of barrier to keep them from digging under the wall? If so, what have you found works best?
-I have used this (link below) under my tortoise enclosure and it seems to work ok
http://www.lowes.com/pd_157764-1311...rentURL=/pl__0__s?Ntt=chicken+wire&facetInfo=
- Would landscaping fabric be strong enough? Something like this (with a 20 year warranty)
http://www.lowes.com/pd_119019-2313...tt=landscaping+fabric&facetInfo=#BVRRWidgetID
2)How tall do you feel is a safe height? Does this number take substrate into account?
3) How many inches of substrate do you like to give them?
3) How many sq. ft. per turtle, do you like to have?
Thanks so much for your help!!
Rachel