put 7- 50lb bags of sand to make a nice nesting and basking area on the north side of the pen (hopefully) and added a pile of composted hardwood mulch/peat moss mix topped with a pile driftwood which is what they are used to sleeping and hiding under. Put them in yesterday and they seemed to like it. I did put up a two wire electric fence around the pen later in the day and I put it on a timer to run at night, will get a pic of the fence soon, did not test it out (wasn't that brave, lol) but plan to get a fence tester to make sure its working.
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boxienuts
May 17, 2010 10:35 PM
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MMathis
May 18, 2010 08:44 AM
I've never made a pond before, but I want to for my babies, so I have to ask how you did the water feature? How deep is it? How do you keep the water fresh -- do you "flush" it periodically? Details needed for this [construction-]challenged Turtle Mom, please!
Right now I have an 18" plastic flower pot saucer. I lined & sloped the sides with quikcrete (my babies are still small enough, but growing!!). I have a garden dripper going to keep it full, and I flush it with a water hose every day. But with 8 growing children, I need to expand the watering hole!
megalon
May 18, 2010 12:17 PM
nicely done,there.i assume the hotwire will be to keep critters out,rather than in? raccoons or dogs?i actually had to abandon using my boxie pens because freakin neighborhood kids kept jumping my fence and trying to steal them.the last time,i came home early and caught them coming out of my gate,with 3 of my favorites!
and do you know what their mom said?"why do youy need so many turtles?can't you give them some?" no "i'm so sorry they trespassed",or "i don't know why they would take your pets",or anything like that.she acted like it didn't matter that her delinquents were stealing my property,she thought i should share!
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1.1 cb spotted turtles (parker(f),stinky(m))
0.0.2 cb baby razorback musks (way too cute)
0.0.1 cb baby eastern mud (also ridiculously cute)
0.0.1 cb reeve's turtle (george)
0.1 cb '09 eastern box (bella)
3.6 ltc eastern box breeders
0.1 cb'06 eastern box(nanners)
1.2 cb'08 kenyan sand boas(1 albino,1 anery,1 normal)
1.0 cb'08 jungle carpet
1.1 stenodactylus geckos
0.1 redeye croc skink
1.0 cb '03 homo sapien(kaelan,6)
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