I dot see how turtles natural habitats are in water. Water turtles live in water but box turtles do not. They live near water yes but they cannot swim so I do not see how this is a sick question... It may seem so to someone who doesn't know where a box turtle lives. But I assure you that to me...
I was on the verge of naming Zinder Kobe lol, it was what i was calling him until i found "THE" name lol, it was a toss up between Kobe and Tonka until i found that both of those names were kinda common for torts and i like to be original...heck i thought i was original when i named my puppy...
I wanted an African name for my sulcata and after hearing my fiance suggest Zimbabwe aka Zim 500 times i just looked at a map of Africa and finally found a town with a name both of us could agree on... Zinder! plus it just sounds cool haha!
Its so funny that you posted this today because this morning while doing the daily reptile rituals i noticed Zinder (yaay finally we decided on a name lol) had a messy face...lucky for me it was only hay...this time lol!
Well there are not really any turtles native to my suburbian area lol so thats not really a worry. my boxie is a rescue and ornate box turtles are not from my area...they are from texas and surrounding areas...not even close to me. and she was a rescue and i am assuming from her to be all the...
Ok simple solution I like it lol!) so in laymans terms can anyone explain to me exactly what it is that would kill one or the other... Nothing fancy please haha. This is why I love this section lol
Yes the do come from different habitats but again I am not talking about housing together. Both have heir own separate enclosures in seperate rooms and even in seperate levels of te house. What I am wondering is if I let one out to roam the house or yard then after that one goes in his or her...
For the record i am NOT talking about housing them together...rather hanging out together. I have a 6 inch ornate box turtle and my little baby sulcata and i have read that they cannot be around each other due to some microbe or something that they carry that will kill the other. but i cannot...
Thank you, i love him to pieces already...and yes i have tried cutting the hay...still wants nothing to do with it lol...i think Tonka is my fav so far too.:D
I mixed a new substrate for no name (we will get to that lol) i took his old substrate of soil/sand and added coir aka bed a beast. i didnt want to use just coir because thats what we have in our ornate box turtles habitat and i dont like how soft it is...i still wanted a firmer substrate but...
Ok that makes me feel better lol. By really warm how warm. I have his basking spot at 92 because I read for hatchlings if it's too hot it posses the danger of dehydration. Also I have already changed that rock lol. I realized shorty after I introduced him that he was too little for it so I dug a...
Ok thank you I will try switching his 'strate and see if it helps. And I will do the saline right before his soak in the morning. He did seem better today so hopefully im catching it in time to fix it before he rubs his eyeballs out lol. thanks again for your help!! I'm so worried about this...
I'm not sure if it is the sand that's doing it because he came to me with this problem. But also with my mixture it is mainly topsoil with maybe 10% sand. I think I will.l change it anyway as it seems it will be easier in the long run to deal with. Is coir the same as bed a beast. The coconut...
Wow there's are so many things wrong with this pic! Let's just skip ahead that torts and beardies are bein kept together. But they are on woodchips which can cause impaction not to mention that those greens (most likely lettuce) are ways too big for the beardies and bearded dragons eat crickets...
Honestly, and I hate saying this because he is such a nice guy, I think the breeder may have kept his enclosure too dry because he was rubbing his eyes as soon as I opened te shipping box although maybe the dry paper towel in there may have helped to dehydrate him?. Although I did notice him...
I have been keeping the substrate kinda wet but not soaking and f I dig down a little it's still pretty wet there. I do have a moist hide and I have been soaking him every morning. I do have some saline laying around I will try that in the morning. Oh and my substrate is a soil sand mixture. I...
ok i read that for dry eyes i can use cod liver oil and unmedicated eyedrops in addition to uping the humidity. my poor new little guy scratches his eyes alot when he first wakes up and seems like he cant open them for a few min after waking. i couldnt find cod liver oil so i got fish oil, can i...