It was weird seeing some of them are my oldest. I found them half way hidden in the flowering plants that had died and fell over and others were in shallow holes under the honey suckle that weren't even shell deep so out of fear of loosing them I brought them in.
The ones inside I have to help soak because I was not prepared for the seven of them that didn't bury so I put them in the bath tub with a couple inches of water.
I only soak once every two or three days and I only do this from watching them in their pin. Some would only go to the edge of the water and drink from the bottom step of pond while others would climb in entirely on their own and swim for a few minutes before getting back out and going to sun...
I didn't look to far into the resale part. I just made sure I could keep mine. The main thing they don't want you keeping is the Texas horned lizard. Thanks for all the greetings.
The pin is a little drab looking right now with winter killing most of the plants and grass, but I do have a few of my turtles inside that didn't get themselves buried in time before it froze. I'll get some pictures up as soon as I find my camera. lol
I did and there are actually places that collect them from the wild to resale them. I was just tired of finding them smooshed to pieces by people who would actually aim for the poor turtles that couldn't possibly get away. and sorry about the blank reply my computer froze up for a moment and it...
Hi, my name is Renae I live in the Texas panhandle and I keep ornate box turtles. I have an outdoor pin that was a duck pin until my ducks died and I began converting it into a turtle pin when I started rescuing ornate box turtles from being ran over on the road. They now have a pond they can...