That's weird, I wrote a reply to this thread and now I don't see it. I must have navigated away thinking I already submitted it, or something! Anyways, Yes, its an cpaque blue 45 gallon rubbermaid (actually "sterilite") He can't see out the sides. I'm watching Kilgore explore his enclosure right now. he is rearranging everything. I guess he doesn't like where I put his dish LOL. I think he will settle down after a while, Even baby Gherkin did this when I first got him (baby boxie I got as a tiny hatchling) I just can't help being an over protective turtle mommy and they look distressed digging at the sides like that
I would feel A LOT better if I could catch him at eating. I saw him near his dish and chewing. Hopefully he was eatting greens and not dirt. I do have MVB on him, but it's an ExoTerra SolarGlo 125w. 2 more questions I thought of : I did but some hay in there too, but i used Timothy hay, not Alfalfa (timothy was recomended by some online care sheets) Does that make a difference? And how much miosture should be in the substrate? I realized it should not be nearly as wet as, say, my boxie's, but it was REALLY dry, because I had actually had this all set up since back when that guy from Craigslist was supposed to give my a Russian and never showed. There was dust and stuff coming off it, and I figured that can't be good for his eyes or lungs, so I mixed some water into the substrate yesterday,
Not enough to make mud out of it, just enough to make it more like "dirt" than "dust" if that makes sense.