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    Baby Ornate Box Turtle-Advice

    I’d like to clarify that we feel terrible about the fact that we used a coil bulb for the first 4-5 days we had her. We know now it was a mistake, but we are actively working hard to do everything we can to make sure her care is the best it can be! Appreciate any help/advice we can get! Thank you!
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    Baby Ornate Box Turtle-Advice

    Would you mind letting me know specially what problems you see with her care/environment? We have read and reread the box turtle hatching care sheet and have read up on the forum on lightning, substrate, humidity, temp, and feeding. Yvonne, we used the pictures you sent of your set up for your...
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    Baby Ornate Box Turtle-Advice

    Well it looks like we've gotten a few weeks down the road with our hatchling box turtle. She still rarely opens her eyes and has not eaten at all since we got her Sept.27 . She is about the size of a quarter and stays between 5 and 6 grams. The breeder said she was about 4-5 months old but...
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    Desperately need help with baby ornate box turtle!!

    Thank you so much for the pictures and great explanations! I have a few questions: 1. Is coco noir ok for a substrate too? Or is organic topsoil better? 2. When you soak them in a small bowl of water, I’m assuming it’s a different bowl than the small saucer they have access to? 3. Do they ever...
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    Desperately need help with baby ornate box turtle!!

    Thank you so much! We’re doing to change that right away! That’s how we started off, but when she wasn’t doing great, we called the breeder and they told us she needed more of a “swim-aquatic” environment and described the how we should set it up.
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    Desperately need help with baby ornate box turtle!!

    My husband and kids got me an ornate box turtle almost two weeks ago. They were told AFTER she was shipped that they breeder had concerns that she was too young, but had reluctantly agreed to send her. We were told she was 4-5 months old but I’m not sure how accurate that is. She has not eaten...
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