Hey everyone,
I joined up recently to gather more information and be able to talk to other box turtle owners. I had a small group of eastern box turtles growing up that I had to give away when I left for school but now that I have free time I started back up my favorite hobby. Finding any subspecies of terrepene Carolina has been challenging but I have managed to find a few for sale or being given away within the last month or so. I notice that all ads for box turtles do not last long and came across maybe a handful of people who did breed them but they were more just hobbies and told me they may only have a handful of babies each year. So is there any reliable source for these turtles besides hobby breeders? Years ago I used to see tons of ads for super reds, oranges, and yellows that were sold as breeding pairs but nothing recently. it really seems odd because eastern box turtles have such variability and so many other reptile species are being bred into crazy morphs that I would think it be appealing to do that with box turtles. That would also help deter wild collection of them. These are just my thoughts and if anyone has any other info on this that would be fantastic.
Thank you
I joined up recently to gather more information and be able to talk to other box turtle owners. I had a small group of eastern box turtles growing up that I had to give away when I left for school but now that I have free time I started back up my favorite hobby. Finding any subspecies of terrepene Carolina has been challenging but I have managed to find a few for sale or being given away within the last month or so. I notice that all ads for box turtles do not last long and came across maybe a handful of people who did breed them but they were more just hobbies and told me they may only have a handful of babies each year. So is there any reliable source for these turtles besides hobby breeders? Years ago I used to see tons of ads for super reds, oranges, and yellows that were sold as breeding pairs but nothing recently. it really seems odd because eastern box turtles have such variability and so many other reptile species are being bred into crazy morphs that I would think it be appealing to do that with box turtles. That would also help deter wild collection of them. These are just my thoughts and if anyone has any other info on this that would be fantastic.
Thank you