Pulled this out of neighbors dog mouth...red painted turtle?

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Poor guy, that's a three toed box turtle. I wonder why it's skin is red like that though?
 

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Poor guy, that's a three toed box turtle. I wonder why it's skin is red like that though?
He/she has a lot of red...legs...head...no clue? There was another one i got out of the dogs mouth just after this one, definately was a typical box turtle....i let them both go but decided to ask about this one.
 

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I thought it might be a red reflection from a bulb maybe?
Hi Maggie....nope, i had them outside in a box with greens and water for a few hours for them to calm down. The dog had this one for at least 10 minutes chewing on him before we rescued him. The other one was luckier, just a minute at most in the dogs jaws.
This turtle has red throughout his legs and his neck...no bulb reflection at all. A very curious boy once he had some time alone in a dark quiet place. He walked all over me on my lap. :)
 

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Hi Maggie....nope, i had them outside in a box with greens and water for a few hours for them to calm down. The dog had this one for at least 10 minutes chewing on him before we rescued him. The other one was luckier, just a minute at most in the dogs jaws.
This turtle has red throughout his legs and his neck...no bulb reflection at all. A very curious boy once he had some time alone in a dark quiet place. He walked all over me on my lap. :)
It was cool of you to save them....dogs aren't trying to be mean (mostly), turtles are just a new different toy to them...
 

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It was cool of you to save them....dogs aren't trying to be mean (mostly), turtles are just a new different toy to them...
For sure...this is a big husky mix pup named Dakota...he was tossing them around and goofing off. Neighbor said it was an old potato she threw out in the weeds...not!!
 

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Glad you saved them, however raw potatoes, are not good for dogs either, and can cause liver damage, so you would have saved an animal today either way:)
 

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