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mj3151
at Tue Jul 22 16:35:47 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mj3151 ]
The size of the enclosure is fine. Reptile bark, however, is crap. Every box turtle I've ever seen that has spent an extended period of time on it ends up with overgrown nails and shell development problems. It doesn't hold humidity and doesn't allow them to dig and burrow the same way that soil does, so their claws eventually get overgrown. Ornates don't need as much humidity as the easterns do, but they still like to burrow and need a humid spot to hide in. If you use soil mixed with sand, coconut fiber or peat, he'll do better. Bark is neater to look at, but no land turtle lives on bark in nature. They all live on some kind of soil mixture and, try as we might, we can't improve on what they actually live on in their wild habitats. Much of what is sold in pet stores for turtles has nothing to do with the wellbeing of turtles. It has to do with making indoor habitats aesthetically palatable to the people who keep the turtles. Think like a turtle.
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- Hatchling Enclosure size - bonomoc08, Tue Jul 22 11:56:44 2008
 RE: Hatchling Enclosure size - mj3151, Tue Jul 22 16:35:47 2008
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