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It's been a long time since I actually posted on here. Mostly I just lurk. But I've noticed recently that the scales on my EBT's head/neck seem to be really dry. I don't think the reason should be humidity; she has areas to go that are both low and high humidity. Is there anything dietary...

I have an EBT that I've had for several years now, and each year she usually lays a clutch of eggs (they were infertile last year so I'm assuming they will be this year as well). Anyway, yesterday I saw her digging with her back feet, which I always thought was egg-laying behavior. Today, there...

I've been a member on here for a while, but just don't post often. I happened to see something about spiral bulbs (the compact fluorescent ones) causing blindness in baby reptiles. I've been using a spiral UVB bulb for my turtle for a couple years (never had seen anything bad about them) but I...

It's been probably about a year since I've even been on here (since the last time this happened...) but my EBT is laying eggs again and I have a few questions. I'm not sure how long ago she actually laid the eggs, but I'm guessing it was within the last week. We haven't bred her, so she must...

Well, after the good news of the puffy skin going down and the eye clearing up on the little baby EBT with the crushed shell, I just went to check on him and noticed a small puddle of fluid under his face... I cleaned some gunk out from around his mouth, and he 'snotted' up some water on my...

I picked up a baby that I rescued a month or two ago with a crushed shell injury today. We had taken him to a turtle rescue at the local vet school since he was wild, and got the call to come pick him up today because he was ready for release. He has mobility of all his legs, but drags one...

My permanent-resident boxie is doing fine, but I got a call today about a young baby with a shell injury. I want this guy to get the best chance possible, so any suggestions would be great. I will put up pictures tomorrow when I can drive out to pick it up, but all I know is that the injury...

My box turtle has recently started eating her bedding. I've had her for a year now, and she's only started doing this in the last month or so. I think it started when she laid eggs a few weeks ago (which seem to be doing fine luckily). But several times now, she's passed large pieces of...

I rescued a female box turtle with a severe eye/respiratory infection last June, and she's been with me ever since. Seems to have adjusted well to captivity, and even begs for food and follows me around. I just went up, and found that she had laid an egg in her enclosure?! She definitely...

Hi, I've been on here before once or twice when I first got my rescue box turtle at the beginning of last summer. She is doing great, but I have a question. How do you keep your turtles' toenails at a manageable length? Her front toes don't seem to be getting overgrown, and her beak...

I'm going to do a re-designing of my turtle's enclosure here in the next week or so; adding some cypress mulch for humidity, getting a CHE so she can have darker nights, and some new hides. I was looking at the enclosures section of the forum, but most of those are either outside or for turtles...

Hi everybody I found a sick box turtle this summer, and she's a permanent resident with me now. When I picked her up she had an eye infection so bad that her whole head was swollen and she couldn't open them at all. She also had a respiratory infection. It took several months to get it...

Hi, I rescued a sick box turtle a couple months ago and just found this forum. She's a permanent resident now, and the first turtle I've owned. I'm trying to make sure I'm doing things correctly for her and all.