Eastern Box Turtle · คู่มือการเลี้ยง

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warm end29–31 °C

cool end21–24 °C

Humidity60–80 %

Enclosure168×91×46

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Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C

21–24°Cool side

29–31°Warm side

10°Night

Day: a real gradient, 29–31°C warm against 21–24°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 10°C.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 29-31 °C / cool 21-24 °C / night 10 °C

Humidity

60–80%Target RH

The sheet statesaverage of 60-80%, with daytime humidity never dropping below 51%

UVB

T5 6%UVI 3–4

The sheet statesArcadia T5 HO 6% or Zoo Med T5 HO ReptiSun 5.0, back 13-14"/33-36cm below the lamp (17-18"/43-46cm if there is no mesh), UVI of around 3.0 - 4.0

อาหาร

roughly 50% animal matter and 50% plant matter; young turtles as much as they can eat every day, near adulthood reduced to every other day

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ถิ่นกำเนิด

สหรัฐฯ ตะวันออก เมนถึงฟลอริดา และตะวันตกถึงเทกซัส

ตู้เลี้ยงและสภาพแวดล้อม

Enclosure

warm sideUVB tube

50100150200 cm

5.5 × 3 × 1.5 ft · 168 × 91 × 46 cmWidth × depth × height

153dm² of floor

Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet statesminimum 5.5'L x 3'W x 1.5'H, or 14 square feet of floor space

อุณหภูมิ

ฝั่งอุ่น 29–31 °C / ฝั่งเย็น 21–24 °C / กลางคืน 10 °C

ความชื้น

60–80% ไม่ต่ำกว่า 51% ในเวลากลางวัน

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Nearest city

คำถามที่พบบ่อย EN

Is it easy?

Not as easy as it looks. It needs a big planted pen, damp substrate and shade, and small indoor boxes usually fail.

How long does it live?

Very long. Fifty years is normal and some pass a hundred.

What does it eat?

Worms, snails, insects, mushrooms, berries and greens. Young ones want more animal food than adults.

Can I hold it?

Briefly, and low over a table. They stress easily, and a stressed box turtle stops eating.

อุปกรณ์ที่ต้องมี EN

Enclosure at least 168 × 91 × 46 cmbecause enclosure — minimum 5.5'L x 3'W x 1.5'H, or 14 square feet of floor space

A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 29-31 °C / cool 21-24 °C / night 10 °C

A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 29-31 °C / cool 21-24 °C / night 10 °C

A thermometerbecause temp — warm 29-31 °C / cool 21-24 °C / night 10 °C

A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 29-31 °C / cool 21-24 °C / night 10 °C

A hygrometerbecause humidity — average of 60-80%, with daytime humidity never dropping below 51%

UVB 6-6% (T5), stated as requiredbecause uvb — Arcadia T5 HO 6% or Zoo Med T5 HO ReptiSun 5.0, back 13-14"/33-36cm below the lamp (17-18"/43-46cm if there is no mesh), UVI of around 3.0 - 4.0

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

แหล่งอ้างอิง

reptifiles.com — lu le 2026-08-04 speciesplus.net — lu le 2026-08-08 reptile-database.reptarium.cz — lu le 2026-08-08

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What this sheet states

77%

TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.