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  1. ratbones7

    ebt - that time of the year...

    not sure if this was really cool to do or not but don't think i bothered her. she always been friendly one. amazing how she took hours to make the nest. a perfect little chamber...and then use legs to kick eggs forward for placement. it's crazy.
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    stop flipping

    one hatchling just keeps walking off log. not good.
  3. ratbones7

    ebt laying eggs

    right now in outdoor pen. best course of action??
  4. ratbones7

    Gulf Coast vs Eastern Box

    Curious if there's an easy way to tell gulfies from eastern box babies? I ordered an eastern and its seems to look like the gulfie pics i see on web and it looks a little different than my first eastern baby i had. it is smaller though. new baby has more color in face and the line down the...
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    Time to hibernate!?!

    looks like our eastern box turtles are settling in here in NJ. They all (3 adults & 1 juvenile) stopped eating 2 weeks ago. I started adding grass clippings & leaves & loosening soil and have not seen them at all this week. Seems a bit early this year....anybody elses go down yet in midatlantic...
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    plastron color

    my adult eastern box turtles plastron seems to change color. right now they are almost black. swore they were light tan before. is this normal? they are healthy and eating.
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    Baby Eastern Box Turtle Help

    Hi. We "inherited" a baby eastern box turtle this summer here in NJ. I don't think this guy has been thru a winter yet (little bigger than a quarter). He did well all summer in an enclosure we built outside. Ate worms & bugs non-stop. So as October rolled around, we made decision to bring him...
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