Here is a general setup for an outdoor land
turtle. You will want to make sure that you have a protective
cover or door on top. This is to protect your turtle from
predators (like dogs or raccoons) and to prevent them
from escaping. Raccoons are very smart animals and can
figure out how to open doors. To prevent this make sure
that you keep a lock on the door. You can make the door
out of some type of heavy duty screen. Never use glass
or plexy glass! This can cause a greenhouse effect
and can cook your turtle. No turtle soup! Fried turtle
nor baked turtle!
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Bird's Eye View
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The basic necessities are to have a food dish, water
dish, shady areas (ei: some shrubs to hide and cool off
under) and a place for your turtle to hide. Sometimes
they feel stressed and need to hide from the world. If
you have multiple turtles in the same home, make sure
that you have a hiding place for each. Check the food
dish often, bugs may get into their food. Its very important
that you keep a shallow water dish rather than a deep
one. Land turtles are not good swimmers. They may drown
if in too deep of water. I have drawn in a pretty simple
looking ladder. Although they are great climbers you should
have a way for them to enter and exit the water. That
way they don't flip over on their backs in the water and
drown.
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Side View
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