Hello everyone, I’m Gerry, I live in Birmingham Alabama. I found a Three Toe Eastern Box Turtle. His name is Max. I found him/her in October, 2021. Turtle care is all new to me, so any advice for proper care is welcome. I will post photos of him and his indoor habitat I built for him, which is 36”x 48”. I went ahead and built the habitat to accommodate him when he is mature in a few years. The whole bottom is about 3-1/2 inches of Reptile Bark and Coca Coir mix. It includes a area for him to forage for live earthworms I added to the area and burrow into the topsoil and coca coir mix, lots of hiding places, a small water pool for soaking and a large pool that is about 4-1/2 inches deep, but for now I have it almost full of small pebbles to keep it shallow for him. A bridge that goes from the large pool to the forage area.
It has a 36” uvb-uva reptile light, temperature controlled heaters at one end, set to 80 degrees and the other end is about 75 degrees. I’m trying to grow live plants, so I have plant grow lighting.
It has a 36” uvb-uva reptile light, temperature controlled heaters at one end, set to 80 degrees and the other end is about 75 degrees. I’m trying to grow live plants, so I have plant grow lighting.