Dumb yet important questions! Please help!

[NewTurtleMommy]

Hello. I am a newbie and NEED advice-so please by all means lay it on me!-lol. I am building a pen in our backyard for our newly rescued boxie-to be honest I have looked at the beautiful enclosures on here and already feel inadequate!

We will be constructing our pen out of cinderblocks.Does something need to be underground to prevent digging, or will pebbles around the borders suffice? Also, I live in Texas, so we have tons of skunks and possuems in our yard-our boxie is about medium size-will he still require a screen over his habitat? Thank you so much for looking and I am excited for all the advice-you guys are AWESOME!!!

 

[dmmj]

Don't feel bad I see some of these enclosures and I feel ashamed (terryo), I use cinderblocks also,a and I put the plastic gardening stuff that is used to keep plants from growing out of their area like bamboo. It is plastic pieces about 6 inches long 4 or so inches high, and and are usually black in color, I put them all around underneath the dirt right beside the cinerblocks it seems to discourage digging by my boxie. Possums should not harm a boxie, but skunks will eat anything they can get their hands on just like coons, I would suggest a cover or a very very secure hiding spot for your little guy.

 

[NewTurtleMommy]

Thank you so much-yes Terryo replied to my last post and her enclosure looks better than half the ones at the zoo-lol. Thank you for the advice-I was wondering if he could dig out underneath the blocks or not. I hear ya on the skunks-I had two of my dogs get into a nest a few summers back, and wow! They were sprayed so bad I had to stay home from work the next day..so stinky but such cuties!