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My girlfriend calls my box turtle "turt" or "turty". She pronounces the second t as a d. Makes me nuts. She'll even deny it while giggling at me.

Thanks Yagyu. I was unaware of Swanee's and yet I see he's located less than a mile from where I am writing this! I'll send the email today.

Perhaps King Man Ray is one of those rare shell less tortoises.

Having to eat a shirt, even your own, is another reason to avoid lizards.

Emys, I'm with you on the "boxie" thing. But then I like refering to my EBT as an EBT.

I think the question should be why have anything else. I mean: Dogs- protein gobbling feces factories. Cats- song bird gobbling feces factories. Fish- born dying. Lizards- run up the wall first chance they get. Birds- loud, feathers everywhere and the cats keep trying to gobble them...

I am hoping to breed my male Eastern. I'm looking for a large, 5.5inch or longer carapace length, female. T. c. carolina or T. c. major. Color and markings are not important.

Hi, Nikki. No I'm not in Florida. I obtained my turtle at a store here in Washington State. Your picture is the closest similarity I've seen to Ralph. It sems from the picture that they share a similar degree of flair on the carapace edge. That may be the final bit of evidence.

Thanks gang. He is a beauty. i'm going to happily resign myself to referring to him as a Terrapene carolina sp. as I am enjoying him regardless.

Ok, this is the best I've got of him at the moment. I'll try again tomorrow when the light is good.

I'm in Washington State. He was purchased at a store. He was in a bin containing a mixture of Easterns, Three toes and what looked like Ornates. Some could have been Gulf Coast. I was assured they were all captive bred. I have my doubts.

I decided sometime ago that I would relive my childhood a bit by keeping a box turtle or two. I intended to get an EBT. I came upon this guy and was concerned for his welfare. Since I had everything ready for a turtle I bought and brought him home. He's a big one at 6.5 inches SCL and 611 grams...

Mine is the same way, Mary Anne. He won't eat it unless its alive. At the risk of anthropomorphizing I'm beginning to think chasing the food around is an end in itself. If I drag something around in front of him, such as a flower, he'll follow jt around and poke his nose at it. Never is he...

yagyujubei, perhaps you're right . Maybe I should have but this the Debatable Topics forum. If a moderator agrees I'd be fine with it being moved.

I have gotten alot of good and in some cases indispensible information here at the forum. This includes dietary information. However most of the time it is a list of what to feed. I would like to know more about what to avoid feeding to them. I don't mean obvious things like formaldahyde or lead...