Okay, this is not about a north American Box turtle. It's about an Asian box turtle. However, I mostly work with American Box Turtles and the species of sort of irrelevant to my post, as it's not a question regarding care of this animal. I know this section gets more traffic than the aquatic...
So I have acquired some new turtles while on a long vacation -- two LTCs and a supposedly captive bred. I really want to build a larger/better enclosure upon my return home. My friend (a botanist who was also my boss at a local nature center -- well versed in wildlife) has some land -- in the...
I'm currently visiting Louisiana for a few weeks. However, I'm from VA and we find these spotted garden slugs all over the place. I realize my turtles eat whatever they get their beaks on in their enclosure and box turtles eat various slugs in the wild, but should I be worried about...
So I was surfing the web, looking at box turtles (which I do a lot), and I found a CRAZY looking Three-Toed.
The site it's on called it an "extreme red". It looks like some sort of albinism maybe? Like how a caramel albino ball python is it's own base mutation and is darker and...
I bought this dudette as a three toed. The guy INSISTED that's what it is. But it looks like an ornate to me. He was talking about having three toeds that look like ornates but aged out of it. He also bought them from a local breeder, but he himself didn't breed it. What do you guys think? She...
Is there anyone in Louisiana who works with/owns/breeds box turtles? I'm here (CENLA) for six weeks and am probably moving here soon. Anyways...I spent most of my childhood in the country here, and I used to play with three-toed boxies and the occasional ornate as a kid. I really want a female...
Should I feed my boxxies Mazuri along side fresh foods? What type? Do box turtles generally enjoy turtle food? I worry that my boxxies don't get a proper nutrition due to pickyness, though I think it's just me being over protective. Someone always eats something I put out anyways...
My desert boxxie baby came in today. <3
I also got another turtle. Meet Asian Box Turtle Trisha Takanawa (her name is a Family Guy reference).
I know she doesn't fit in this thread but no one seems to visit the terrestrial turtle thread. ^^;;
There doesn't seem to be a lot of specific information on them.
What are some of the smaller subspecies (and how small are they?)
Does anyone have them and what are your experiences like?
I saw two light brown mites on one of my turtles. They were moving very fast and not just 'hanging out' like I've seen them do on snakes. It
s the first time I've seen them. I also have live plants in my enclosure that have suddenly started looking shabby. Do these sound like some sort of plant...
I have a shy EBT male that was originally wild caught and rehomed to me. He's SO PRETTY, literally bright orange. He's also unfortunately very shy. Is there any way to make him come out of his shell shell more? (Pun intended, sort of). I'd like to hold him and socialize with him some, but if I...
Has anyone ever witnessed box turtles eating toads? I had some toads in my box turtle enclosure, and it was never an issue. Now I'm finding toad corpses, mostly eaten, in my enclosure. I found just a head last week, and today I found a mostly eaten body in the 'pond'. Both were medium sized...