got some coconut oil, sat down in the living room and put it on him and he got all squirmy so I finished up and let him go to run around on the floor while he absorbed it. My cat (who usually ignores the turtle completely) walked over and started licking it off on him lol. Thanks for the coconut...
I’ve been giving him soaks about twice a week and he seems to really like it, doesn’t try to climb out at all, just stretches out and seems content. And of course he soaks himself in the water dish too, and I empty that out and put new clean water in every day or if it gets too dirty.
Is there anything more I can do for his dry skin besides keeping him in a humid environment and letting him soak himself? Like rub him with aloe or soak him in something? He’ll soak himself on his own for a solid hour every day. He didn’t have any way to soak himself in his previous environment...
My little guy is funny. He’s a super picky eater too (he was also only fed iceberg lettuce and cat food for 25 years) but I’ve got two budgie parakeets and if he watched the budgies eat something like peas or carrots or lemon balm then he will try eating it haha. For a Turtle he’s very social...
I live about an hour from Coeur d’Alene idaho. There might be a reptile vet in Spokane but I’m not sure. I called a bunch of places and they all only had small animal vets. Thanks for the tip with the baby food, I’ll try that. So far I’ve just been doing eye drops.
The turtle belonged to a family member who took very very poor care of it and bought it from a disreputable reptile salesman out of the back of a van in Arizona. That’s all I really know. He is 25 years old. Since you seem to know a lot about box turtles, do you know if his shell will ever grow...
Hi there! Just adopted this turtle out of a very unhealthy living situation. Don’t worry, I’ve been doing my research and have a vet appointment scheduled. Having a hard time figuring out what species he is just from looking up turtles on the internet. He’s got three toes on his hind leg which...
I let him play in the garden bed (which he can’t escape) for about an hour every day and leave water in there for him. I don’t like to leave him out there when I’m not home though. The only threat I’m worried about is local cats. Do you think they would bother him if I left him out all day?
Thanks! I just ordered some turtle fix. It says it’s for aquatic turtles but I assume it’s safe for box turtles too. Have you ever used it before? Do you know if you keep the dose the same or do you increase if since it will only be in for short soaks instead of living in it like an aquatic turtle?
I recently acquired a turtle from a family member. The turtle spent most of his 25 years of life in a dismal situation. He inside on glass and flat newspaper in a ten gallon tank all of his life, no bedding or substrate, among rotting iceberg lettuce and cat food and absolutely suffocatingly...