Recent content by drumsfield

Thanks, I"m hoping it's not Ranavirus, but you can't be too careful. Right now I have it quarantined by itself in a little rubber-made tub along with a turtle tub water dish and some mazuri turtle food to keep it fed. I have a separate outdoor enclosure from the herd where it can stay while it...

It's definitely an infection

Thanks for the insight. By the looks of it it could be a Ranavirus infection.

I just received a box turtle from a friend who found it in his yard. It's eyes are completely covered in white pus and I'm presuming it's probably blind at this point due to it. I've soaked it in a tub of water and sprayed it down with water. What else can I do to help it with it's eye infection?

Very good information.

Yep my Eastern box are the same. Whenever i see someone say that box turtles can't swim it drives me crazy..

For my indoor habitat. I use organic potting soil with no perlite or animal by products. (Nature's Care Organic Potting Soil) I bake it in the oven at 280 degrees fro 20 minutes to kill off any parasites or bugs that may be living in it. And a layer of eco earth (coconut fiber) on top of the...

I have my own personal colony of a few turtles. I recently started breeding them. My first clutch will arrive in a few weeks.

My suggestion would be to make their water hole a little bigger. I built mine out of concrete and mortar and they really enjoy swimming in it or just floating weightless in the water. It's not very big, but deep enough for them to fully submerge or float weightlessly.

Wow looks great

Box turtles do not shed, but looking at the pictures that is not a box turtle.