I have some more questions I am needing some help with. But before I ask my questions I want to tell everyone Buttercups, which is my 2-3 year old eastern box turtle, background story. I bought her from a neighbor that was not taking care of her at all. He had poor little buttercup in a 10 gallon fish tank with normal household carpet in the bottom. He only fed her a strawberry once a week, and didn`t have a water pan for her to get in to soak or drink from. He also didnt have any UVB lights, heat or any thing else for her. She was basically in a 10 gallon tank and thats it. He had her for about 2 years before I bought her from him. I also have a feeling that he got her out of the wild as a hatchling but I am not sure. I have 5 other water turtles (4 RES and 1 southern painted turtle) but I must admit I know very little about boxies. I have done alot of research about them but I still have some questions I need help with. I should probably mention she now has a 48"L X 18"W X 18"H custom wood enclosure, with a nice hollow log to hide in and a pool to soak in. She is kept at 65% to 70% humidity and her temp is about 70 to 75. I know its best to keep them outside but I live in a apartment and cant really do that. Okay now back to the questions, I think the easiest way to do this is make a list of the questions I have. Thank you in advance to everyone who helps me out.
1. Buttercup`s substrate layer is a 3" layer of 70% ecoearth and 30% reptibark from zoomed. But she burrows in and covers herself up and dosent come out, except for maybe a hour a day to eat and drink. Is there anything I can do to get her to stay a little more active?
2. The only fruits and veggies I can get her to eat is strawberries. I have tried other berries and just about everything in the produce section at kroger. What can I do to get her to eat more fruits and veggies?
3. Whats the best live foods to feed them? What about live fish? I have tons of guppies I need to get rid of, and I know they live close to creeks and such so I figured she would like some fish.
Thats all the questions I have for now. Thanks again to anyone who helps me out.