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kensopher
at Wed Jul 23 07:47:21 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kensopher ]
Your enclosure size is good. Hatchling deserts need to be treated more like an aquatic turtle than the eastern box turtle subspecies. Meaning, they need a hot basking bulb on one end and a cool, moist retreat on the other. Most keepers of eastern hatchlings do not provide a basking bulb. I have found it very necessary in deserts and ornates. Good job on that one.
I always choose to keep my hatchlings indoors until they reach between 3 and 4 inches in carapace length. Predators, monitoring food intake, and the difficulty in finding a hidden hatchling box turtle are the main reasons for this.
Good luck with the little one. Baby deserts and ornates have such a great personality...they are little beasts!
cb05 This little guy is almost breeding size now.
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