Box turtle outdoor enclosure on a budget help!
Hi there,
So the interwebs overwhelms me with information. I'm AudHD so I'm hoping a couple smarty box turtle humans can just directly give me answers so I don't get overwhelmed and give up. I have a 5 year old 3 toed box turtle I took in as I'm an animal rescue Mami. Usually dogs and pigs but I love turtles. I just learned how bad a glass cage is for them so I want to make an outdoor enclosure. We live in southern Missouri it's 6b for crops to understand for weather. It's hot here now. We have 11 acres so space is a non-issue.
My first question is. We have a lot of leftover old bricks I feel like could be a great bottom base for an enclosure but I'm only talking about at the far bottom so they can't escape then putting a bunch of soil/etc so they have plenty of space to dig but can't go past the bricks. I know they say bricks aren't great as a floor but thats not what I'm doing with it if that makes sense. I can make walls with leftover wood we have and I am savvy and can figure out most of the internal stuff and create a closed locking door and such.
Also since they have been indoors with consistent 70-75 temps can I just put them out then when it's ready or do I need to wait for a specific temp or season? I don't understand that part at all. Please halp and thank you for any information my turtle people! ❤️