Three-Toe Box Turtle

[JEAE21]

Are the ceramic lamps the type that don't light up, but just generate heat?

And do you think the box and tortoise would fight?

2nd thought, I think I wanna build a set-up like yours..I'm in CA.
but all the predators get active at night so I guess I'll bring him in for the night.

Do Hawk and Falcons attack Box Turtles? Can they carry them?

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Yes, ceramics don't give off light. But you should have light on an indoor cage to simulate day and night.

It's not that they would fight is just that they're from different parts of the world and exposed to different types of disease. A box turtle could be immune to a disease but pass it on to the tortoise that has never been exposed to it. It's just not really wise to mix herps.

I don't think you have to worry about hawks and falcons. Of course over in Russia (I think), Golden Eagles have learned to kill tortoises by flying off with them and dropping them on rocks.

 

[JEAE21]

o.k. I'll look into the diseases a little more!

haha, I want to see an x-ray picture of what a turtle is like under it's shell!
I think we get bald/golden eagles during the winter...

Oh yeah, what about the rainy winters, can I keep them out in the cold??