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We defiantly are constantly checking on him. He still is looking and acting as healthy as can be but we're watching for signs of RI several times a day.

So on the way to the vet my husband got in a car crash, totaled the car... Everyone including our turtle Waldo is ok, we had to cancel the vet appt. But the crazy thing is, he seems all better.... I know it may sound absolutely crazy but I think the accident scared the sickness out of him, if...

I'm not sure about an entire colony situation but when one meal worm or super worm here and there turns into a beetle my boxies usually just eat the beetle. My boys seem to even like the beetles more than the worms. I would take the worms out though for sure maybe just a gladware container with...

Thank you for the advice, we have been bringing him outside on really hot days despite the last owners advice and he always sleeps inside. The weather here is just starting to get chilly so he'll probably remain indoors until spring. He's been basking like crazy since yesterday, I think he knows...

Look at those big eyes! So cute

Our newest addition that we've only had for about a month is sick, we're taking him to a reptile vet tomorrow. We were told upon adopting him that he is prone to respiratory infections so we kept him a little hotter and indoors and the people we adopted him from said that he only got sick...

Any update on how the turtles doing?

We've used both white basking lights and red lights with a UVB light as well and found the box turtles are much more energetic with red lights, they hide from white basking lights but our Russian tortoise likes the white light better, so it might just depend on your tort. But having UVB is...

We just got a rescue adoption ebt from a breeder at the reptile show in Oregon as well, are turtle is much older but when we got him, he was feather light and we were told very prone to respiratory infections and every time they housed him outside he got sick and got their other turtles sick too...

Too cute!

Looks really good, the text is a little hard to read via iPhone, the color/font combo but I imagine it's a lot easier to read on a computer.

I got one of my best friends a Russian tort and all it's set up for her birthday so we could talk and talk about our torts and turtles together but when I mention my turtles/tort to my coworkers I get the "turtle soup" remarks!!! :(:( I think they say it to shut me up about them but it's so...

Portland, Oregon here:)

My husband had a three toed turtle for 4 years before we got together that he had in a 20 gallon glass tank on sand with no UVB light (he insisted she didn't like the light) and fed her only meal worms.... And then I came along with no prior experience or knowledge of turtles but I knew that she...

I bought some planted basil for my box turtles and russian tort, none of them ate any of it. it's still planted in their enclosures but they love to lay under it, and maybe I'm imagining this but I swear they like smelling it too lol.