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Thanks for this perspective. I'm not sure our climate up here in Portland is as friendly as NoCal, though. But I was wondering if anyone on the West Coast had had luck hibernating their box turtles outdoors.

Thanks, everyone! Took Scully to the vet, and the vet agrees that more heat and light, along with a different diet, may help. He also told me that in my climate/zone (Portland, OR) it's impossible to hibernate/brumate a Western Box Turtle naturally, and he sees no benefit to doing it...

That's helpful, thanks!

I am going to install a timer on the lights and heat, and have taken her out of her hiding spot for now. She is under the heat lamps having a snack of berries, kale hard cooked egg and worms. Tomorrow it's off to the vet. Would still love any advice the forum has to offer, though!

I have a couple of thermometers, both designed for turtle/tortoise habitats. One is the "point and shoot" kind, the other a combination thermometer/humidity gauge. Looks like temps range around 80-85 during the day, depending on where she is in the box. (In her bark house, where she spent most...

A few months ago I adopted an Ornate Box Turtle from the shelter where I work. She was rescued from an unheated shed, where she had been living with 6 other tortoises in a plastic wading pool. She may be between 5-10 years old, at her size she is fully grown. I got her a proper habitat - a...

My new baby

Thanks, everyone! I brought Scully home tonight. She came in with a bunch of other animals to the shelter where I work, and I was lucky enough to be able to take her home. I put her into a temporary habitat with Eco Earth and moss and a water dish, and made her a shelter from bark and rocks...

Adopting an Ornate Box Turtle. Also have two firebelly newts, a parrotlet, a border Collie mix and a Poodle/Schnauzer mix.

Hello, everyone - I live in Portland, OR and am adopting an Ornate Box Turtle today. It's an adult, around 4-5" - I don't even know yet if male or female. I'm so excited! They will be in a tank terrarium temporarily for the first 2 days - with paper on the outside, since I know turtles try...