Every time I walk into Petsmart, they have at least one of these. Always cute and personable.
But I don't find a lot of useful info on keeping them inside.
I would have a 65 gallon tank to house one in if we decide to go this route (there are currently still a few fish that would be brought to...
I thought I had only one male, but now I'm wondering if maybe this one is as well?
Not letting me see the underside of the tail....
About 4.5 years old
I can't tell if he might be a gulf coast or an eastern. He was born in my outdoor enclosure by a turtle given to me 4.5 years ago. I'm in coastal AL.
He's the only male, the rest are females.
One - he's a horny little bugger
Two - he's related to everybody
I need to find him a new home before I...
I just did up a bunch of proteins for the turtles. I'd like to add at least some greens/veggies into the bags before freezing so I can just pull a bag at night and feed the next morning.
My turtles don't seem to be big veggie/green eaters, so hoping if I mix it, they might just end up eating...
3 of them I know are 2013 hatch. We had 4, one died, so I know we had 3. The following year I told DH I saw 4 babies in the pen. He didn't believe me, so I rounded them up... found 5. 2 were much smaller than the others. So not sure if maybe those 2 were a 2014 hatch? As of this year, 1 of them...
3 years ago I was looking in the turtle garden and saw some mulch that didn't seem right. Went to investigate and saw a baby turtle that had just hatched. And then found some more.
They grew a little (and somebody got their foot chomped that first year as well - I call this one Stumpy...
I've read many pages of what a gulf coast turtle should eat...
Mine didn't read those pages. Strawberries - HA, they just stomp on them to let me know how much they do NOT like them. We have offered a variety of veggies and they really just don't like too many of them. Tomatoes, sometimes squash...
We saw the big turtles through out the winter, but only for a quick soak before they dug back in for a while again. It has been really nice here lately and we are finally starting to see some coming out. Clementine has been out a few times lately, so we started giving her food. DH gave her some...
Turtles were out and about until mid last week, then they dug in to the leaves a little bit. Figured they were done for the year.
In the last couple of days, we've seen both adults and at least one on the young ones.
I'm not sure if i should be putting food out or not - weather looks decent for...
At what age are some sexing indicators a somewhat accurate indicator of gender?
I have at least one with a very nice domed carapace.
The two I picked up today have a cloaca very close to the body - one of those may also have the nice dome, but I don't recall who I picked up today.
I usually...
We don't often see the babies, but when I went out this morning, one was taking a swim in their pond. Then later saw 2 out and about. So I decided to get them some food since they were out being active.
I went out to get a pic of 2 of them eating and saw this... 4 of the 5 babies having some...
The boxies are in a ~6x10 enclosure outside. Then we had babies. Then this year we noticed more babies than we thought we had.
I've been weeding what was the old dog, then duck pen each time I come home. This time I said enough of the weeding, time to expand the turtle pen to just take it all...
2 years ago, we had eggs hatch in the enclosure. Cool.
Thought we had 4 babies.
One died toward the end of the first summer/fall, so we thought we had 3.
Um, seems we have 5 LOL
DH thought I was nuts when I told him I was pretty sure we had 4.
Fed them this morning went out a bit later and saw...
My boxies are in an outdoor pen and have been for 2 years and doing well. So is the enclosure.
I had to fix the pond last year as the plants were encroaching and causing the water to spill out, drain the pond, kill the pump.
Same problem this year, but more so as the plants have grown...
We are getting ready to move. I will be in the new location and DH will be making a trip up with some stuff, including the turtles. So while I'm home this week and next, I'm going to pluck the turtles from their enclosure as I see them.
What is a good medium to have them in for a couple of...
Ok, so maybe not quite a baby, but 1.5 years old now. Still little.
I fly back to NY tomorrow. Can't fly a turtle (I called Delta and asked). But I'd really like to bring one of mine back with me. I won't if it isn't safe/possible, but I'd like to explore my options.
Can I safely ship a 1.5...
My boxies are in a turtle garden next to the deck . They hibernate on their own in their garden.
This year - I am not in AL - we are in the process of house hunting in NY. Exploring a few options, including building, so they won't be here before it is time for them to start hibernating (end of...
Moving north to lake effect snow area from coastal AL
I have an outdoor enclosure now and that's where my EBTs live. They hibernate out there as well.
I'd like to create a new outdoor enclosure once I move.
Coldest months will have avg highs in the low/mid 30s and lows in the upper teens/low...
I am in southern Alabama.
My EBT laid eggs and I have 3 one year old babies in their outside enclosure.
I'm moving north - to the land of snow and cold (north east).
I will relocate in 2 weeks to start the new job and start house hunting. Once I have a house, the dogs, ducks and chicken will...