Care Sheets
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Box Turtle Substrate Guide — What We Actually Use
Substrate is the most-overlooked, most-mis-stocked piece of a box turtle enclosure. The pet-store starter bag — usually a chunky bark…
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Box Turtle Hibernation Guide — How We Brumate Our Own Animals Safely
More box turtles die during hibernation than at any other point in the year. Most of those deaths are preventable.…
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Box Turtle Enclosure Setup — Indoor & Outdoor Builds That Actually Work
A box turtle enclosure is not a tank. It is not a “habitat kit”. It is a small piece of…
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UVB & Lighting for Box Turtles — The Complete Setup Guide
The single piece of equipment that most often goes wrong in box turtle keeping is the UVB tube. It is…
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Box Turtle Diet — A Complete Feeding Guide for Healthy Terrapene
If you feed your box turtle pellets and lettuce, you are slowly making it sick. Box turtles are opportunistic omnivores…
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How to Protect Turtles and Other Pets from Each Other’s Bacteria
Having different kinds of pets at home can be exciting and rewarding. From calm, slow-moving turtles to energetic cats and…
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Box Turtle Care Sheet
Have you inadvertently found yourself with a new pet box turtle, or you’re searching and wondering if one might make…
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