OK, like I said, I've redone her home yet again. This time with organic topsoil and peat moss. Last night, to help with humidity, I added terrarium moss. I still have to do more tweaking, but here's where we're at so far:

I have similar humidity problems for Cuff and Link (3-toed boxies) and I have a pretty similar setup - reptibark included (i just can't make myself throw it away, either!). In the morning, if humidity looks low, or I know I"m going to have to turn up the house heat (thus sucking humidity out) I'll let it "rain" for a while. Basically, I pour water from a gallon jug through the screen very slowly, until there is a sufficiently wet (though not muddy) bottom around the water area, and in the drier parts - Link loves it, and usually stretches her neck out into the water, or chases droplets! Cuff doesn't care (about anything, really!), and that seems to hold humidity up a little longer than just misting.

Let me know if something really works great for you - I'm always open to advise, especially as I plan for a bigger better habitat for them.

-Anna

I don't know anything about turtles, but she sure looks cute! Her enclosure looks very nice too!

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Hmmm....I'll have to try this. Since the weather was somewhat warmer this week, I turned off the bigger heat lamp and am just using the full spectrum light. So the humidity has been staying a little better. Of course, it's going to get cold again starting tonight, so I'll have to try this.

Can they sing or dance?

What kind of turtle is Sasha? She is very cute. Nice set up by the way. Nice looking crickets as well, lol

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I dont know much about turtles but Sasha is a cutie

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Thats a box turtle.

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You are right indeed, Merlin. Sasha is a 3-toed box turtle (to be specific), although she is small, even for 3-toed box turtles. Her shell is barely 4 inches long.

I've had Sasha for about 13-14 years, but she was already an adult when I got her from a horrible pet store (I had to rush her to the vet the day after I got her - the vet said that if she hadn't been brought in, she would have died).

Now that I'm slightly more knowledgeable and aware, I realize that there is a very good likelihood that she was wild caught.

Um...thanks for the compliment on the crickets? They are turning into the bane of my existence. I need to completely redo her enclosure this weekend. I had bought about 10 crickets so she'd have "munchies". Well, apparently THOSE crickets decided to lay eggs (or whatever it is that crickets do) before becoming dinner. I looked in one day and saw cute little tiny baby crickets.

Ummmm...yeah....didja know they grow up?? So now I've got a BUNCH of noisy creep annoying adult crickets hosting their own Woodstock type love-in in my turtle's enclosure. Lucky me!

I've been freaking out because she keeps walking away when I give her food. Well no WONDER! She's snacking away all day long!!! AAARGH!

Chocolate coated crickets anyone?