josh keffer
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Hello everyone,
So this is my first post on here, i've been visiting this site for help and advice on a box turtle i've found. I work in a medical office and behind my office was a wooded area that has been demolished to make room for an apartment complex. Since the destruction of the woods there have been a few box turtles we've seen all deceased but one. The one i found was found in the middle of the parking lot, I don't normally take wild creatures from there natural habitat unless it's justified. So i picked him up and took him out of the parking lot i had no where else to put him/her so i put her/him in a box and took um home. Right now i have him/her in a 40g breeeder tank 36 x 18 x 17 until i get the time to build a table. I went and bought calcium powder and a UVB bulb/ light fixture. The only thing i've been able to get um to eat is worms and crickets. No fruit or veggies and i've bought everything from lettuce to green beans and apples to berries. I'm concerned with there hibernation schedule. If he/she don't hibernate will it affect their health? I have um inside because i don't have a grassy yard it's all cement and i don't trust putting um out front for the fact that he/she may get stolen, injured or worse killed. I've been reading a lot of information but there is no better information then someone who's experienced how to care for them there self. I'm not sure how old he/she is but it's tiny, Not newly hatched tiny but not grown either. so i welcome any advice you wish to give. I live in MD and winter is coming, it's going to start getting cold and i want to make sure i have everything just right for proper growth and care.
So this is my first post on here, i've been visiting this site for help and advice on a box turtle i've found. I work in a medical office and behind my office was a wooded area that has been demolished to make room for an apartment complex. Since the destruction of the woods there have been a few box turtles we've seen all deceased but one. The one i found was found in the middle of the parking lot, I don't normally take wild creatures from there natural habitat unless it's justified. So i picked him up and took him out of the parking lot i had no where else to put him/her so i put her/him in a box and took um home. Right now i have him/her in a 40g breeeder tank 36 x 18 x 17 until i get the time to build a table. I went and bought calcium powder and a UVB bulb/ light fixture. The only thing i've been able to get um to eat is worms and crickets. No fruit or veggies and i've bought everything from lettuce to green beans and apples to berries. I'm concerned with there hibernation schedule. If he/she don't hibernate will it affect their health? I have um inside because i don't have a grassy yard it's all cement and i don't trust putting um out front for the fact that he/she may get stolen, injured or worse killed. I've been reading a lot of information but there is no better information then someone who's experienced how to care for them there self. I'm not sure how old he/she is but it's tiny, Not newly hatched tiny but not grown either. so i welcome any advice you wish to give. I live in MD and winter is coming, it's going to start getting cold and i want to make sure i have everything just right for proper growth and care.
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