So last Friday I adopted there yearling 3 toe box turtles from @txturtle13. The biggest one is about the size of a fifty cent piece, maybe slightly larger. Rather than put them in a Rubbermaid bin I decided to build them a small indoor enclosure to hold them off until they're big enough to go outside. I had everything already except some screws and a few small odds and ends. I did have to buy the lights and all the soil and such to put in it but the box was build with parts laying around. My wife went into the garage and dug up an old coffee table and she stripped the legs of of it, lol. She didn't like the 2x4 legs I put on.
It has 6" of miracle grow brand organic top soil (not the potting soil) orchard bark and spag moss. I used one saucer for water and one for food. I also used a small paint tray as a baby swimming pool. 3 hides and two edible ferns. I out small flat rocks around the dishes to keep them from dragging in so much substraight. I put an accurite digital temp/humidity meter.
Now I just need to add the lights and set the timer. The lights are a zoo med 5.0 tube UVB, the high output one. I will also have a 65watt black light for some heat.
What else am I missing beside a fe more plants? I added some red wigglers to the substraight.
It has 6" of miracle grow brand organic top soil (not the potting soil) orchard bark and spag moss. I used one saucer for water and one for food. I also used a small paint tray as a baby swimming pool. 3 hides and two edible ferns. I out small flat rocks around the dishes to keep them from dragging in so much substraight. I put an accurite digital temp/humidity meter.
Now I just need to add the lights and set the timer. The lights are a zoo med 5.0 tube UVB, the high output one. I will also have a 65watt black light for some heat.
What else am I missing beside a fe more plants? I added some red wigglers to the substraight.