How Do You Set Up A Vivarium For Baby Box Turtles?
If you have baby American box turtles, you already know what appealing little creatures they are. But they have specific requirements concerning heat, light, and environment. To help your baby box turtles grow into healthy adults, you will need to provide them with a proper vivarium–a habitat that replicates natural conditions as closely as possible. For optimal health, your baby box turtles will eventually need to be moved to an outdoor enclosure in order to be able to take advantage of natural sunlight and to hibernate; for the first year, however, you can keep your baby turtles inside. Put 2 to 3 inches of clean, rinsed terrarium moss in the bottom of a 10-gallon aquarium. Don’t use sand, gravel or rocks–these can scratch the hatchlings’ shells, opening the way to bacterial infections–and don’t use ordinary garden dirt. You will need to mist the moss daily to keep it moist. Place a shallow dish, pan or small rubber food storage container in the moss, burying it enough so the hatc
