BEST Turtle Habitat Ever? (BONUS VIDEO)

The kid next door to me found a box turtle on the border of our properties, where I have a huge pachysandra bed that is a haven for all kinds of critters. He intended to keep it as a pet. I tried to educate him on how they were best left to the wild, and he basically told me to mind my business. All day I watched from my yard, making my plans….he had the turtle in a big aluminum bucket, out in the full sun, in the middle of their yard (even after I told him to put it somewhere where the turtle could get out of the sun) When night came, I put on some dark cat burglar clothes, and stealthily crept into their yard…when that kid woke up the next morning, he no longer had a pet box turtle. Considering the way this family didn’t take good care of their pets at all, I did not feel guilty about depriving a young boy the pleasure of reptile ownership. That turtle would have wound up dead if I hadn’t liberated it.

Now that's what I call a tortoise breeding environment! As a Japanese, I am very happy that someone from overseas has kept the turtles native to Japan in such a wonderful environment.

Maurice has done such a wonderful service to all of the species living under his care! Beautiful enclosure and wonderful video! Thank you for sharing and I’m excited to see Sundays video!

The Japanese wood turtles are SO adorable! OMG, those huge eyes are killing me. 👀

Wow, My best friend, I liked the video very much, thanks you for sharing, stay safe, stay blessed

Maurice is the Willie Wonka of 🐢🐢💚

Dude!! What an amazingly gorgeous habitat!!! Bravo!! Wish I had the land here in Los Angeles to do what you’re doing ! Awesome! — Kevin 🐢👍❤️

The best !

Just goes to show that naturalistic keeping can also be the most attractive way to keep these animals. All of those natural water features and plant growth are just beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Man I love this channel, I started my channel cause of turtles it’s awesome to see someone else who loves turtles this much!

I watch your newest videos every Friday night. Something to look forward to after a long work week. I freakin love the garden state family. I’ve learned so much. I just want to say from the bottom of my heart..Thank you.

wow he did a nice job and can't wait till the next video

Cool!

Thank you soooooo much, Chris and Casey, for sharing Maurice's home and variety of turtles with us! I enjoyed seeing how he set up his turtle enclosures and grounds!!! Always love looking at this kind of stuff and learning from you! Keep up the good work!!!! 😊🐢🐢🐢🐢😊

i get so interested in the video that i tend to forget to comment great video 🙂

Such a fortunate person able to live his life along side species that would express their gratitude if they could. I hope to be able to check back in in twenty years and see the changes. When we talk about humans providing homes for so many wonderful creatures, shouldn’t we also mention occasionally what the plans are after the human is gone? Could you please address that subject to possibly help those of us who care for only several turtles of whatever species? I imagine that the untimely death of a caretaker like yourself or him would also be catastrophic for your animals. But I also worry about my little collection of turtles. Thanks!

Beautiful set ups and even more beautiful animals , I strive to have set ups on this level. Thank you for sharing such amazing things

Wow; what a setup Maurice has developed over two decades. Amazing that there are a number of very cool refuges for turtles here in our state. 🙂 The variations of T. carolina are so diverse—that black one was insane.

Another great video. Sitting outside of work getting ready to go in. Thanks for kicking the day off with some good vibes brother 😎🥇✌🏻🐢🙏🏻💪🏻👍🏻

Wow. This place is great!