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ok here it is. i want to see the best of the best outdoor pens because you guy alway say you have all this room for your turtles i want to see because if your not living on a farm where you comming up with these pen space at? Also indoor pens to everyone says use very large rubbermainds. yea but they can eat alot of room. so post your pens of all sizes and shapes. Winner gets a prize!! LOL.

I don't think anyone has to live on a farm to have a good sized turtle pen. I DO think that many folks think in terms of the minimum amount of space a turtle requires, rather than the maximum they can turn into habitat for people and turtles alike, when they construct pens.

Steph said:
>> I DO think that many folks think in terms of the minimum amount of space a turtle requires, rather than the maximum they can turn into habitat for people and turtles alike, when they construct pens.

I recently met a guy who's working at a local pet store who well I'll put it this way... I am not impressed.
He said he's got over 100 box turtles then stood there & told me they only need like 1x1 feet of space each.
I was APPALLED!! I'm a big believer in giving as much space as I possibly can to all my pets. My aquatics could use more space but I can only afford & have space for tanks so big. My painted is in a 55 gallon alone, I saw 4 RES in a 55 together at the pet store. I guess RES don't much space either?
My male painted will never be a large turtle like a female RES is and one day hopefully I can get him in a bigger tank but 1x1 feet for a box to me is like keeping my painted in a 5 gallon. I can't even imagine doing that!
I know we can't all give them miles of space but room to move around a little is at least a basic requirement. sheesh!
Anyway.. had to vent about pet store guy.. lol
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PHRatz

20ft by 6ft

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2216305430059217625LQfpBq

ok nice encloser , but where does the water without a pond go?does it flod and what plants do you use? thanks

it collects into a bine under the pebbles and then get pumped back up, not sure what the name of the plants are but check out this link it may be helpful

http://www.anapsid.org/mainplants.html