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    Babies eating too much?

    Thanks, they truly are cuties. I guess we worry his/her shell is too small for her/his body. Bagel is the most human friendly of the 3 and used to only eat out of our hands. When he/she is out for a soak, he/she just lets it all hang out. I tried a close up below to show what I mean. None of...
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    Babies eating too much?

    Hi All, Sorry, long time no post, we've been quite busy. Our babies are now 3 months old and my youngest thinks we are overfeeding them, so I wanted to get some expert opinion here. First a little background. After almost an entire month of them showing zero interest in food, the hatchlings...
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    Box Turtle Hatchling Care Sheet

    I'm not the greatest of photographers, nut here's some pictures of the babies as promised:
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    Box Turtle Hatchling Care Sheet

    My wife is very protective of the babies and mists the substrate every 3-4 hours. We put out both moistened and dry pellets because Croissant for some reason prefers the dry ones.
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    Box Turtle Hatchling Care Sheet

    Hi All, Just an update on the babies. Following the advise here an on other sites, we threw away the mealworms and baby crickets from Petco, they truly are clueless about turtles. The little ones scared us for the first two weeks of their life as they all wouldn't eat. I guess they were living...
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    Box Turtle Hatchling Care Sheet

    Help! We never planned on being box turtle or any kind of turtle owners. Our daughters have asked for turtles over the years and we always said no as we already have 2 cats, a dog, a hedgie and bettas, besides, my wife is not a fan of reptiles. This morning we took our middle daughter, who is...
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