Grumpyface

Maggie3fan

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I went to Calif recently to help my injured sister with her animals. So one day I am feeding the box turtles, and I am watching the ground so I don't trip...oh lo! and behold!!! I finally found a turtle, finally, he still had his egg tooth and just as shiny as a new penny. Well, I did think he was a button, but it moved when I picked him up...SCREAM SCREAM I FOUND ONE. I go running in to my sister, she got real excited too. She says she thinks he's possibly a cross between a 3-toed and Florida maybe? Anyhow, in a box he goes, and up to Oregon, the magnificent emerald of the Pacific Northwest.
I set up a 2.5 gallon aquarium and put the whole thing in a box turtle pen.
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One of the adult box turtles looking at the hatchling
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He's 9 grams here
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and this just now
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And this is why I named him Grumpyface
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Good eyes!!! I am convinced by decades of observation that only those that are hard-wired to see turtles will see a baby! She's so cute!

Nice way to start your weekend!


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So time has passed and Grumpyface is 13 grams now. He seems to gain 1/2 a gram daily. He eats tiny meal worms, and I dig up red wigglers and night crawlers, he so far will only eat live food, not berries. He's cute and healthy
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Well now a 30 gallon tank makes sense for such a tiny one!
2.5 gallons, lol that way he's getting benefit from the UVB bulb in the tort table, and is kept warm but he's not cooking under a heat bulb and he's fairly easy to find in it...I thought it was a pretty good idea. The other box turtles keep trying to get thru the glass and get those worms lol he's very active and just so damn cute!
 

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2.5 gallons, lol that way he's getting benefit from the UVB bulb in the tort table, and is kept warm but he's not cooking under a heat bulb and he's fairly easy to find in it...I thought it was a pretty good idea. The other box turtles keep trying to get thru the glass and get those worms lol he's very active and just so damn cute!
OMG grumpy is so tiny its miniscule!!!!
 
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