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RE: Wood turtle in North Carolina?

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Posted by: kensopher at Tue Mar 25 06:23:06 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kensopher ]  
   

You have a nice land area there that you could fence in, so I would think that you could use that for a couple of juvie Woods. The water feature is a bit small for adults, though. Some people only supply a small pool for Woods, but I personally think that they really benefit from a large pond of cool, highly filtered water. You would also need to shade the water somehow, as it would probably get too hot in the summer sun for a Woodie. And, they aren't great swimmers, so they would need a lot of structure in the water to help them crawl out.

As far as covering them...I do until they are closer to 6 inches. A chubby captive juvenile Wood turtle is very vulnerable to raccoons and opossum. You can try to run a little electric fencing along the top edge of the turtle fence...it is suprisingly easy and inexpensive.

Hope this helps. Good luck.


   

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