Everyone post all your enclusures snkes, lizards, turtles, for etc. doesnt matter as long as it is not just an aquarium post some pics!!!!
That's really cool...I see you are in PA...do you leave them out there for the winter or bring them inside?Vicious_Fish;1445605; said:My Eastern Box Turtle enclosure:
Vicious_Fish;1445770; said:Thanks! I keep them outdoors all winter just like how they would be in the wild. Right now they're hibernating under a big pile of mulch and leaves. Eastern Box Turtles are a bit different from the other N.A. Box Turtles in that they really should be provided a cooling period or be aloud to hibernate for even a few weeks. They just don't seem to do good if kept indoors their whole lives and not allowing a cooling period stresses them and shortens their lifespan.
In the fall when they are slowing down I turn up the soil and mulch in their enclosure and add another foot of mulch on top of that. When they final dig a hole and don't come out for a couple of days I cover them with another foot or two of mulch and leaves I raked up from my yard.Brooklynella;1445866; said:It's cool that your enclosure came up again because I recall reading a thread pertaining to your turtles a long time ago but couldn't find it.
In the fall, you dump leaves and mulch in there and forget about the turtles until spring?
Do you offer any food during the winter?
It must be difficult to worry about them when 3 ft of snow is sitting on them!