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I have 2 russians, 1hermans ,and 1 3toedbox in a 12ft by 6ft outdoor screened pen and its divded into 3 sections. I was wondering about hibernating them in northern illinois outdoors wat preperations should i take?ive heard of people hibernating torts in the northeastern states.

Well i decided to leave it be. Its to risky when my nephews are over on the weekends.

Heres the pond

Well im back on!! Well last year i bought a female false map and i fenced in my pond with some ugly chickenwire stuff. Now im wondering will the map still have the urge to runaway or should i leave the fence?

Well I am back on the forum, All my turtles/tortoises are doing great and my false map turtle survived his first hibernation in a chicago winter. I was wondering if there are any other species of turtles that would do good in the pond with my map, preferably one that will not destroy my koi and...

i did the starvation method I got him to eat a plate of plantain, rasberrys, corn, carrots and green beans

I got my female 3 toed boxie 2 days ago and shes only wants to eat worms. Ive been offering her green beans, cantaloupe, blueberries, carrots , grapes and portabella mushrooms every morning and she has no interest any suggestions?

She also has bad hunting skills i put worms in her dish and she keeps missing them lol ill probably have to buy bigger worms

Here she is she's pretty active but skinny so I'll have to fatten her up :) Still don't have a name

Yep got her last night she already ate a worm will post pics:)

I used to use coil bulbs in the winter but now I was warned that they cause eye problems what are some cheap and effective uvb bulbs?

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lol the same one?

I felt so bad for her living in a tank :(

I found this boxie on craigslist for $4o so I couldn't risk her going to a bad home so I planned out a box turtle for $ exchange in a public location I plan on keeping her:tort: in my 5x5 tortoise quarantine run outdoor for the rest of the summer till I finish my box turtle garden:)

They have 3 pvc tube hides they have been sleeping in every night and the enclosure has a chicken wire roof to keep out predators.

I have 2 adult male Russian tortoise that have been living outdoors since mid June in their 12x 5 ft pen. Ive been wondering why they have not been burrowing at all, it seems like everyone talks about their Russians making deep burrows and I think that would be awesome. The soil is normal top...

While I was pulling weeds in my box turtle garden I spotted a shrew just like this one I am wondering if it poses a threat to any of my turtle/tortoises. How do you get rid of them?

Sorry for your loss:( hopefully they will come back home maybe they dug out. Well I cleared out most of the plants except the ferns, dandelions, chickadee, and American violet, the garden is looking a lot nicer.

Heres a better pic