Pool, or no pool?

[dannel]

Hello.

I was wondering if it would be beneficial to do something like this in a yearling's tank?

A large land area with a smaller pool of water.

Thoughts?

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

i think it matters on the species. what species is this for?

 

[G-stars]

As long as the animal can't drown it should be ok. However would probably need to be a larger enclosure.


— Gus

 

[dannel]

For a box turtle. I would be using a 30" x 20" enclosure until it grows up a bit.

 

[dannel]

Also would I be OK using pebbles, (about the size of large aquarium gravel) as the bottom? I would think that the boxie wouldnt be on the bottom too much for it to cause an impaction issue.

 

[Maggie Cummings]

I think it would be a great place for a baby boxie to start out...

 

[turtlemanfla88]

I recommend you keep water shallow.

 

[dannel]

Is aquarium gravel all right to use?

 

[terryo]

Box turtles are notorious for eating anything on ground level. I would never put any small stones of any kind in a tank or enclosure with a box turtle. Also I wouldn't use a water source that came above the top of the shell. Baby box turtles can easily drown in deep water. For my adult box turtles, they are able to stick their head out of the water in the small pond that I have in the garden. Just my opinion.