Hello from south louisiana

[Marty T]

My gulf coast box turtle Izzy just came out of hibernation yesterday.
I've cleaned her up and fed her.
She did eat a little.
Am I doing the right things?
Just getting back into land turtles.
Any suggestions?

 

[TortsNTurtles]

Welcome!

 

[Marty T]

Thanks.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello Marty Welcome to the TFO from AZ. Box turtles rule !

 

[Marty T]

I love all turtles!
I have a female gulf coast box turtle and a baby male red ear.
What turtle or turtles do you have out in the west?

 

[TortsNTurtles]

Hi Marty maybe @diamondbp can help you with your questions.

 

[diamondbp]

welcome to TFO Marty. I'm just as eager to get my group back in the swing of things but I wouldn't be as quick to "intervene" after they emerge from hibernation. Their systems need usually a few days up to a few weeks to get back in the swing of being full time "awake". I usually wait until mid-late March (depending on the weather) before I begin to feed any of my box turtles. Now if you are keeping your indoors then that's a totally different subject.

But welcome and we look forward to getting to know both you and your turtles better.

 

[Marty T]

welcome to TFO Marty. I'm just as eager to get my group back in the swing of things but I wouldn't be as quick to "intervene" after they emerge from hibernation. Their systems need usually a few days up to a few weeks to get back in the swing of being full time "awake". I usually wait until mid-late March (depending on the weather) before I begin to feed any of my box turtles. Now if you are keeping your indoors then that's a totally different subject.

But welcome and we look forward to getting to know both you and your turtles better.

I keep her outside in a pen.
My wife said she has been out since last week only when it rains.
She is eating a little and moving around so I think in another week she should be back to normal.
I am really looking for an eastern or ornate.
So if you or anyone on here comes across one I might be interested.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Marty, and welcome to the forum!

At one time I had at least one of each of the U.S.'s box turtles. But I had trouble keeping the ornata alive, so I adopted them out. I do have some pretty nice breeding colonies of each of the others tho. In the triunguis I'm a little over in the male department, but with the others I only have one male to numerous females. My box turtle yards need some fine-tuning, as there is too much shade to allow in-the-ground nests to hatch. That's a project for another day.

I'd love to see pictures of your turtle and where it lives.

 

[Marty T]

Hi Marty, and welcome to the forum!

At one time I had at least one of each of the U.S.'s box turtles. But I had trouble keeping the ornata alive, so I adopted them out. I do have some pretty nice breeding colonies of each of the others tho. In the triunguis I'm a little over in the male department, but with the others I only have one male to numerous females. My box turtle yards need some fine-tuning, as there is too much shade to allow in-the-ground nests to hatch. That's a project for another day.

I'd love to see pictures of your turtle and where it lives.

I have had turtles my whole life.
They are the greatest!
I need to redo her pen this year.
The only thing is she is a little mean.
She will hiss at me every now and then.
I've had her about 8 months so hopefully she will get use to me.
I will post pics later this week.

 

[bouaboua]

Hello Marty: Welcome to the forum. Good to have you here. Care to share some pics of your turtles??

Thanks.

 

[pam]

Welcome

 

[Marty T]

Thanks!