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As box turtle needs plenty of room and freedom home garden, it is best maintained as a house and garden pet. If it is to be observed at school, place it in woodland habitat of a large terrarium (see Part II); keep it for a few days and then return it to freedom home garden of home and garden. In home garden in natural range, provide area in garden where pet can bury itself for hibernation during winter.

The young of the above turtles are the ones which most often fall into the hands of children. They are easy to maintain in captivity at home or at school. The adults are not so easy to house because of their size and their need for room and freedom home garden. Adults should be kept as pets only in a home with a garden pool available, but the young are the simplest of pets to house and maintain. May be kept in school room for a few days for observation; use cage large enough to allow it to move about freely; release in home garden with pond.

A pet cat should not be given freedom home garden to wander out of doors through the night. A well-trained cat, kept in its quarters, is prevented from mixing with strays or other prowlers and bringing home "foreign" fleas and diseases. freedom home garden at night is neither necessary nor desirable when the cat is given the privilege of running free during the day.