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    Hello from Lyzz and her new boxie friend, who was surrendered to her hospital!

    Thanks! I think he's a lucky turb too! =] I go above and beyond for ALL my pets. It's just how I'm built! I'm not having kids, so I invest in my fur/scale children. They all know and are just the right amount of spoiled!
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    Are tortoises affected by loud tv

    I wonder what the barking of dogs does? I've got three loverly pooches, very energetic and prone to outbursts of yaps and hoots, vibrating my eardrums! [Davos is kept in a completely different area than the dogs. They are in the yard and he is kept in the pool area, which is entirely enclosed as...
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    What is your "Quick-n-Cheap" outdoor enclosure ideas, tips, your own enclosure?

    ** Sorry for the book, I'm prone to rambling about my pets. Don't even get me started on my dogs! =D ** Thank you guys for all of your advice! Sorry for the late reply, I got lost in my research! But I swear I saw your replies as you gave them! I believe, in the end I'll use the bigger cinder...
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    Hello from Lyzz and her new boxie friend, who was surrendered to her hospital!

    Lisa, I started making mixes, like you said, and Onion is responding well! I couldn't risk that the kind I didn't buy wasn't going to be "the pellet" that got him to eat, so I ended up buying three different kinds! =O It was worth it, because something clicked, and he started paying attention...
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    What is your "Quick-n-Cheap" outdoor enclosure ideas, tips, your own enclosure?

    Hello there! Let me first start out by saying I know an outdoor enclosure isn't cheap. That'd be the day, huh? But it's the end of the season, and I've only recently became the mommy of a full grown eastern boxie boy, and I want to get him out of the toybox he's in! Internally, it's only...
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    Eastern mud turtle eggs and hatchling

    Can anyone help? Any update,OP? That's terrifying!
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    Hello from Lyzz and her new boxie friend, who was surrendered to her hospital!

    Lynn and Lisa, thank you for the reassurance Ana the tips ! I do Leave the worms in there with him, but they escape the dish! They get lost in the shredded newspaper, and he can't find em, or doesn't, and they I look for em. Lol I'd read that bigger chucks of fruit were better ? I'm slowly...
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    Hello from Lyzz and her new boxie friend, who was surrendered to her hospital!

    Wow Grampa T, that's allot of turtles! I'd love it! I had two sliders growing up, but my mom thought one year to leave them in our pond over the winter, but it wasn't deep enough, and we know how that goes. We were all crushed, and wanted to get more turtles, but didn't want to catch them or...
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    Hello from Lyzz and her new boxie friend, who was surrendered to her hospital!

    I have terrible sleep habits! Plus there's so much turtle info to read! Lol it's really bad cause I've gotta be at work at seven for a split shift! Whoops! I dealt with a few turtles during my time at the hospital, but recently our exotics vet got drafted to be the head veterinarian at a...
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    Hello from Lyzz and her new boxie friend, who was surrendered to her hospital!

    Hi Lynn, thanks for replying! The second I saw him I knew I was gonna do whatever I had to to make sure he was happy. And at that time I thought he was a colorful versions of a sulcuta! Thanks for the link, I've checked his pages for just about everything! I've got notepads all over, slowly...
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    Hello from Lyzz and her new boxie friend, who was surrendered to her hospital!

    Hello, I'm Lyzz! I'm 25, and work as a kennel tech as well as a assisting with surgical procedures at an animal hospital in Rhode Island. I love my job and am ALWAYS working to make my kennel a better place for my patients. On top of my boarders, long and short term, my hospital is home to...
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    Gaining and learning tips and trick of the trade to take care of my newly acquired surrendered...

    Gaining and learning tips and trick of the trade to take care of my newly acquired surrendered box turtle!
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