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I was tossing the idea of making a pen and getting a few boxies but I have a few concerns, my main one is ants there are tons of them. the area I would like to make a pen is on the back side of my home. it's very very dry, any ideas as to how to make it more suitable for box turtles? and how to effectively get rid of ants not sure what kind they are but they bite and there are lots of them. thanks to anyone who replies.

wayne

I dug down removing dirt approx 2 ft and lined with FRP.(type of siding material. then mixing dirt from hole with top soil and sphagum peat filled back in and used extra to make hills with cinderblock tunnels. To control ants i keep Tarro brand bait traps out always. My enclosure is surrounded with a wood fence that overlaps the FRP at ground leve and there is one inner rail approx 8 in and second several inches higher.The upper rail is where i place ant traps and secure them so do not fall or blow into enclosure.