So since i've brought home my box turtle (who knows what her age is) she only goes in her water bowl, once a day, sometimes not at all. But for the past 2 days, she's been hanging in her water pool all day and night, she has not left once. I am a bit worried. Although, she is still aware of her...
Thank you everyone for your help. Most likely she's a female, she has such a sweet far, she is a sweetheart! I haven't taken a pic of what her plastron yet, I don't want to make her feel uncomfortable, but I will try to do it soon and post to get more info.
Thank you for the recommendations. From the looks of it you can't tell but her water bowl is not deep at all, it covers half an inch of her, so she definitely can't drown. However, I do think she needs a bigger bowl. I'm a new turtle owner so I am still learning everyday to see what I can work with.
when i brought my box turtle home about a month ago, (she's prob over 10yrs old) she was also a picky eater, I would still think she's still picky and only like crunchy leafy greens. Example: Bok Choy & Lettuce, everything other greens so far she would reject.
Recently I did another research...
I'm not sure about voice, but that would be nice to know! but for sure face.. My turtle gets very excited when she see's me come home, she starts moving her head around, she knows when is feeding time as well.
She could be hibernating, or stressed she's in a new environment. I just adopted a box turtle (she's prob over 10yrs old), she wasn't eating for about a week+ not even pooping or peeing, I was worried as well. Turned out she was just stressed and just needed to settle in her new place. Unless...
Well good news, my Box Turtle is now eating regularly and pooping! I guess all she needed was to adjust to her new home. I was so happy to see her poop after a week of having her! I almost believed that turtles did not poop, because who knew turtles can hold in their stools for that long! She is...
I've had my box turtle since Thanksgiving. So far I haven't seen him eat her greens! I've only discovered he loves worms & strawberries. I've tried carrots, broccolis, kale, lettuce, bok choy, bananas & other berries, still no. I've prob only seen him bit a lettuce once or twice, that's all...
I'm trying to get familiar with this forum, so far it's been very helpful!
In the pictures, I used flash on my camera, she took a dip in the warm water bucket pool after along day of me being away from work, she loved it!
So here's to why I think my box turtle is a female (btw, i just adopted...
I actually gotta check my turtle tail again, she definitely doesn't have any bright color like your male turtle tho, so most likely my turtle is a female. However, the male and female has short tale, so this could possibly be another myth that males have longer tales...hmm...