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Hello! I have a question about My male box turtle. He isn't showing any interest in breeding this year.. He looks great, he's active and he's eating well. I even have brought him another female boxie over from a friend's in hopes he breeds with her, as well as my female. Thought it give mine a...

I have a good friend that wants to bring one or two of his female box turtles over and breed with my male. Right now My male only has one female to mate with and I'm sure she'd welcome the break..My enclosure is outdoors and can accommodate the visitors. I know his turtles are well cared for and...

The whole gang is now awake. My last ornate finally woke up today. They've all been given a scrubbing and have had nice long soaks. Everyone's looking Good, active and alert. It's such a relief to have everyone up and doing good. So, let's introduce the gang. Starting with Mr Bean, Little Taco...

Due to our crazy weather here in Colorado my adult ornate female just now came up. Not expecting her until April. We've been in the 80's all week. But, it's going to be cooling down with some expected rain on Friday, expecting high 40's almost 50 degrees during the day. Until Friday we are in...

I'm currently starting on a new project in my ornate box turtles out door enclosure. I'm building a pond for my 3 adults. I dont have exact measurements, but it's not going to be terribly huge. I'm thinking around 2 ft w x 2 ft deep. I've been looking into getting a solar pond filter, but...

I recently bought my yearlings some Nutri grubs small in size. I believe today it came out in whole in my turtles poop. I've fed them 2 x before but only noticed this time around. Is this ok? Why Are they not digesting them.? Are they not a good live feeder?

One of my ornate yearlings has some white discoloration (I don't remb seeing it before) Please help, is this shell rot? It's no where else on the shell.

I have 3 ornate yearlings that live inside. They have a UVB and UV lights set on times to keep warmth up during the winter. I have one that's been buried and sleeping for a couple weeks the other two come up and down every few days, one more than the other. They come out looking for food. I'm...

Hi there! I have 3, 7 month old ornate box turtles and 3 adult ornates. I'm new to having Hatchlings and need all the information I can get.. I've had my adults for a few years and just adore all my turtles... I love what I've seen already on this forum and look forward to all the great advice...

First thing, I wish I would have found this site 9 months ago.I have 3, 7 month old ornate Hatchlings. I have them in a 20 gl aquarium, I've been using the coiled uvb for a few months (no longer using). Their eyes look fine and they eat good, 3 x a week. They mostly only eat red worms &...

Hi there!! I have 3, 7month old baby ornate box turtles and we just recently built an out door enclosure for them. I did put chicken wire on the bottom to prevent them from digging out, but it will still allow for draining..Today I noticed some ants wondering around.. Could they be dangerous to...