Hi, all. I’ve had box turtles since November of 2017, and never before has this happened to me. My male EBT is named Cruz. I’ve had him since January of 2019. When we got him, he was chasing a Jack Russel Terrier and scaring a cat.. Weird right? So I have him for about a month, (Feb 2019) and at that time I realized he would always walk up to us when we take him out. I thought that was really cute, so I let him close to me. He climbed on me, and bit my chin. Hurt a lot, I had no idea he was attacking me. Well, fast forward to now, he has some seriously weird problems. First, he runs SO FAST, and he scares family members by chasing everyone. Second, he LOVES fingers, shoes, AND toes and attacks them, attemps to bite, and does not let go (I have been bitten four times..) He loves them so much that we bought a human foot dog toy. Third, every time I let him loose in the turtle-proofed yard, he walks straight up to the slider door and scrapes until someone lets him in. And lastly, he is constantly attempting to mate with his “wife” a 3 toed Box turtle. He is super strange and I have NO IDEA why he acts SO WEIRD. He is scary sometimes, chases us, and was neglected before we had him, he has a huge outdoor enclosure, also climbs it until he is let out....will add videos/photos for proof.
thanks so much,
Christian
thanks so much,
Christian