This is the kind of setup I use (with variations) for temporary residents or
quarantined new additions. I have also used similar setups in apartments (with
lights for heat and UV).
- Kiddie pool.
- Sod and dirt and some rocks.
- Shelter is flower pot with hole poked into it.
- Enclosure is sorta self-cleaning. Is watered regularly and
exposed to sunlight (which is the perfect sterilizer).
- A bunch of (surviving) redworms live in the substrate to help
waste disposal and provide entertainment for the turtle.
- I have a cover made from 1-by-2s and screen that I can put on when
I know I'll be home late, or when the weather is bad, so that not too
many leaves fall in. (See on left of photograph.) I attach the corners of
the cover to bricks to keep it from flying off in the wind, and to keep
curious cats out.
- At night, I take the turtle in, we have racoons.
- Inhabitant shown is my male Chinese Box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata).
