The owner was found! They lost Walt Whitman (the turtle) about 3 weeks ago and are just a few houses and one street away from us. They found him in the alley behind their house 15 years ago. I referred them to this forum and they said they would be bringing him to a vet (one the turtle has...
Hi Ivstorts,
Thanks for the offer of advice/help. Right now we are trying to find the owners of this little guy. She/he seems to be doing well; eating the berries and nightcrawlers we have put in the temporary enclosure. Hasn't tried the greens/sweet potato yet, but at least is eating and...
Good call Angel, we won't post pictures and make sure the owner can describe. We will also direct them to this site. If the owner is the one who posted signs around the neighborhood, this turtle has been surviving for at least a month in a very dry and hot (for the NW) summer, with no real...
Whoa Angel, Thanks for the detailed response! I will try my best to follow your guidelines, but hope that the owner will contact us soon. If not, we will certainly implement your box turtle guidelines.
Wow, thanks for all of the responses everyone! We will get him some berries and worms for now. We have him in a big kiddie pool that has some topsoil as a substrate and i put a shallow ~2-3" deep dish of water that it can get into and drink from, as well as a little box for him to hide in. I...
According to this map (no idea of the reliability), we are well out of the native range of box turtles... does this seem right? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Box_turtle_distribution_map.svg
This is why I posted here, clearly I have no knowledge of turtles/tortoises. Cannot even tell the difference! Thank you for the info. We have not moved it, only given it some water. It could be native, but we are in the middle of a developed neighborhood. I have no idea how it could have...
Hello all,
My wife discovered a tortoise in our garden about a half hour ago. We live in NW Washington, so this is obviously someones pet (ie. not a wild tortoise). While we are searching for the owner, could anybody ID this guy for us and provide advice on how to keep him/her happy and safe...