Box Turtle Habitat...?

Question

My husband and I bought a three toed box turtle yesturday.
We have it in a 50 gallon tank with bedding made with Douglas fir and pete moss. Theres a shaddy spot for her to go to and a shallow water dish big enough to lay in. We are feeding her romaine lettuce, carrots, and pears along with this food that the pet store owner gave us. We bought that 30 dollar light also. The humity runs about 70 percent and the temp is 85 on average right now.

I was wondering though...Besides ofcourse an outdoor habitat, does this one I decribed sound okay?
And can I use a flood light for the basting area? Along with the UB light we bought ofcourse.
And shes not eating right now, do you think its from the stress of moving into a much bigger living space?

How would I go about getting the humidity in one corner up that high?, its taking all day right now getting it to 75% through out the tank, I'm not complaining about it what so ever, I just don't know how to go about getting a corner up that high...?

Answer 1

Changes always stress turtles out and it can take a week or so for their appetite to return.

The habitat is not bad, although outdoors is always better for box turtles. Make sure it has plenty of shady areas to hide in, and at least a corner that is humid in the 85-95% range.

The diet could use some tweaking- needs more meats and bugs in it. Fruits are not really a big part of a boxies diet, and any veggies play about 1/3rd to 1/2 of the total.

For some good info, try
http://www.billsboxturtles.com
http://www.boxturtlesite.info
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com
http://www.tortoisetrust.org

Answer 2

field turtles at the instant are not stressful to maintain as I easily have had one for 22 years. I easily have mine in a tank and have a basking spot, 0.5 logs for hiding, a water dish for it to bypass in, flowers and you style of get the assumption. Mine eats culmination, vegs, meats, and worms, discover out out of your uncle what type it is and what he has been feeding it. once you detect out what type it is merely look up care sheets in that type and it provides you with infor. on what it desires for a habitat and nutrition.