Easy DIY Central American Wood Turtle Enclosure

[@saltcityreptileranch]

They are beautiful!

[@methos19751]

My favorite species to keep.

[@chyname]

Nice enclosure

[@Shaden0040]

I can't tell 100% but it looks like it might be a water hyacinth you might also want to add some water spray also note is Indian water fern which will self replicate by spawning babies in the the spots between the fingers on the fronts so each thumb or finger between them will sprout a baby plan And it's self rejuvenating to rejuvenating is 100 percent edible by animal animals and plants I mean animals and turtles and chickens elite the stuff so it's good for them and usually they bring in a couple of pond snails or Rams horn snails which are fine the turtles will eat those too You might want to just put a couple of mosquito fish or guppies if you're in a tropical area or a warm area they will survive over the winter if not if you live in a temperate zone you got to bring them in in the winter time because they will die off we deserve the cold The only ones that might survive are Gambusia and they are native to the United States and Mexico can live in fresh or brackish water and can spend brief periods of time in high salinity saltwater or you could add Molly's mollies will survive in tropical waters and in temperate warm subtropical waters and saltwater and fresh. but then Gambusia probably the best fish for mosquito control and they're pretty little fish in their own way they're about the size of guppies both libraries both guppies and gamboos . are libraries they don't know if they can interbreed or not but they can go see a look like guppies they just don't have the thin coloration they have vertical stripes instead of horizontal stripes and they kind of bluish greenish scales on the sides with those black stripes they can have sometimes a silver or golden tinge to them so they're pretty fish the males are very pretty The females are very dull they're kind of like olive green drab color with the stripes but there be good to get but for a floating plant definitely get the water sprite and as the leaves age there's the plant age excuse me and their leaves grow more and more out of the water they've become more frog like like real delicate but they're thick they're very versatile leaves so they mean they can start out in the water and be very flat and broad leaf So they're trying to absorb as much sunlight and get as much carbon dioxide as possible and once they start growing out of the water they start thinning out and adapting to more terrestrial style photosynthesis and breathing they absorb more carbon dioxide through the aerial leaves than they do the aquatic ones But it's a nice little trade off between the plant and above all they're going to be sucking up nitrates like you didn't believe it's one of the best plants out there for 2nd up nitrates but they've got to be floating plants they can't plant them they have a lot of roots the roots the whole plaintiff is edible for Fish and turtles

[@SotasExotics]

This is great info, thank you so much. I have made a few modifications since uploading this video. I actually did end up getting some guppies and yes that it a water hyacinth I just couldn’t remember the name. The hyancinth is growing rapidly and another plant just grew from it. I’m in the search for snails too as I’d love to have them

[@Light_Within]

No offense bud but i feel like you should be doing a whole lot more research into keeping these guys. Your setup is good but you didn't talk about their care requirements which is vital to their husbandry. They are very easy to care for but they depend so much on us to give them what they need and what they require. Please modify your enclosure to meet their night and day time temperature and humidity. Also, the plants you introduced DEFINITELY need to be rinsed off thoroughly before you incorporate them into any critter enclosure, big box stores bring in plants that have been fertilized with strong chemicals and those could be ingested by the turtles and kill them. If they don't eat the fertilizer accidentally through an insect or worm they may bury themselves in it and cause extreme irritation to their eyes or respiratory system. Did you use tap water without treating it with some declorinator?? I don't want to get into more specifics, instead i hope you take the video down and do your due diligence and research what these turtles need specifically. You uploaded a video without at least asking others to research their care first if they got one. I know you meant well and we appreciate that but there's many things that were red flags to me from the beginning of the video. People are going to look to your video and think it's okay to do what you've done here and that is absolutely not a good thing. Look, I keep 4 of these fellas since they were babies. Have had them for 14 years and I have learned a lot from them. They're great teachers but i definitely started with every bit of research i could do to ensure their well-being. There have been hiccups and things that have happened that i am not proud of but I have learned that i can never get too comfortable, as easy as they are to care for, to keeping them safe and healthy.

[@SotasExotics]

Thank you, I’m the video I stated that during the night she goes inside, I also mentioned that I should have washed off the plants before incorporating them. So I addressed that. Where I live the humidity is very high as well and temperatures are perfect during warmer months. During cold season she goes inside. Yes I used a de chlorinator as well. I did not film it but I add the drops before adding the water so it mixes. This video isn’t a care guide. It’s a video of my setting up a simple enclosure.