I got my baby three toed box turtles tonight. I wish I could have gotten them during the day so I could check on them all day. Oh well I might be up alot tonight. I didn't expect them so soon so I really was not ready. They sure are cute 
I got two new babies.
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Very cool, can't wait for the photos...
Yay! Babies are so cute!!!
Hatchlings are so cute, and I can't wait to see the pictures.
Pics pics pics pics pics
I Bet They Are Adorable
Thanks guys. They are cute. They didn't eat when I offered them food. What should I do? I set them on a tile with tiny meal worms and cut up strawberries. They didn't touch it.
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Looking forward to pics!
Everyone has a different way of doing things, but this is what I do.
I usually put hatchlings in a small plastic tub with a bit of warm water and then I put in some blood worms. I buy them frozen and defrost a cube (they come in cubes) I put the little tub right in their vivarium so they feel secure. Sometimes they won't eat in front of you. That's what I start them off with. I do this every day until they are eating. When I know they are into a routine and eating I start offering pill bugs, chopped trout worms, wax worms....etc. After a few months I start them on my "mix".....in a food processor I chop (NOT MUSH)...tiny pieces....mazuri, greens, veggies, sweet potato, carrots, and melon or strawberries. (I change it around every week) I add some canned venison to that, or white fish. I've never seen a baby not eat the mix if there was venison in it. Good luck...cute aren't they!!
OH....remember...very important...keep them hydrated. I mist the vivarium about three times a day for hatchlings.
I usually put hatchlings in a small plastic tub with a bit of warm water and then I put in some blood worms. I buy them frozen and defrost a cube (they come in cubes) I put the little tub right in their vivarium so they feel secure. Sometimes they won't eat in front of you. That's what I start them off with. I do this every day until they are eating. When I know they are into a routine and eating I start offering pill bugs, chopped trout worms, wax worms....etc. After a few months I start them on my "mix".....in a food processor I chop (NOT MUSH)...tiny pieces....mazuri, greens, veggies, sweet potato, carrots, and melon or strawberries. (I change it around every week) I add some canned venison to that, or white fish. I've never seen a baby not eat the mix if there was venison in it. Good luck...cute aren't they!!
OH....remember...very important...keep them hydrated. I mist the vivarium about three times a day for hatchlings.
I do the same thing as Terry - I offer them food in shallow water until I get them eating, and then offer them dishes of finely chopped fruits and veggies and live bugs.
In the water I usually offer either blood worms or live California blackworms.
In the water I usually offer either blood worms or live California blackworms.
Okay I will try that. Thanks!!!!!!!
Awesome, hope they start eating soon!
seriosly here i am late to the party and STILL no pictures LOL cant wait sounds like they will be warming up pretty soon,
I can't post picks. I know I and a computer illiterate.......
Oh no! You mean we're never going to see them?
What are you using for heat? Be careful when you use any kind of heat and remember that it will dry out the enclosure, so keep misting with warm water. I know I'm being a pest about this, but I just can't stress it enough. These little one's dry out so fast. The reason I mist rather than keeping the substrate too wet is ....shell rot. I would rather have high humidity than everything too wet. So many people have brought me babies that had shell rot. I have two now that came to me with a very bumpy shell and were a mess.
What are you using for heat? Be careful when you use any kind of heat and remember that it will dry out the enclosure, so keep misting with warm water. I know I'm being a pest about this, but I just can't stress it enough. These little one's dry out so fast. The reason I mist rather than keeping the substrate too wet is ....shell rot. I would rather have high humidity than everything too wet. So many people have brought me babies that had shell rot. I have two now that came to me with a very bumpy shell and were a mess.
I am useing a ceramic heat bulb, but I am changing it to a red bulb. What do you think? So sould their area be dry with just mistings? I am confused. I have a plate of water under the bulb that evatorates and I mist them all day but they worry me so much. Way scarier than tort babies. How many times a day should I feed them. Now I am worried that they are being kept too wet. I am freaking out.
Thank yo SOOOOOO much for advice!!!!!!!!!
Thank yo SOOOOOO much for advice!!!!!!!!!
Angi said:
I know what you mean about hatchlings. Beside's being so small, they are so scary to take care of. What are you using for substrate? That's OK if it's most..not wet. I use the long fiber moss where they dig under. I wet it with warm water, and squeeze it out and fluff it up. I usually put this under the plants where they love to hide. I try to feed them once a day, but if they don't come out for a day or two, I leave them alone. On the forest floor where they would be hiding under leaf litter, they will only be eating a passing little bug or very small sprouts. They almost never venture out to look for food until they are older. Thirty years of hiking and walking through woods looking for turtles, I've never seen a hatchling. You should get Tell Cook's book.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_tc_2...71&sr=1-2-ent&field-contributor_id=B001JRV4YO
see the moss under the plant. They love to dig in there
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