What kind of turtle do I have?

[Anthony P]

I know someone with a 59 year old RES.

 

[bouaboua]

I know someone with a 59 year old RES.

WOW! ! ! And still kicking right?? Or still sliding! ! !

That is nice to know. Thanks.

 

[Number1Platypus]

I know someone with a 59 year old RES.

Wow crazy!!

 

[Christopher S]

Hello , I have to female eastern box turtles . I live in Pa and my

question is, what is the most effective way to safely hibernate them ,

I currently have them in a outdoor enclosure Thank you

 

[Kathy Coles]

Does the 55 tank have a lid? That will help a lot to keep the humidity up. I used aluminum foil when I first got my tortoise. Cheap and works. If you do build a wooden home be sure to paint it so the wood doesn't mold. Good luck and welcome to the forum.

 

[Number1Platypus]

Does the 55 tank have a lid? That will help a lot to keep the humidity up. I used aluminum foil when I first got my tortoise. Cheap and works. If you do build a wooden home be sure to paint it so the wood doesn't mold. Good luck and welcome to the forum.

Currently it only has half a lid, thats all the people who gave me her had. For now I have a drawer on top lol but this weekend I should be adding plexi glass or something. Tinfoil for now seems like a good idea Im deff going to do that lol and yeah I will paint the wood thank you!

 

[Number1Platypus]

Hello , I have to female eastern box turtles . I live in Pa and my

question is, what is the most effective way to safely hibernate them ,

I currently have them in a outdoor enclosure Thank you

Hi Im sorry im not really sure? I've only owned my box turtle for almost a week now

 

[Number1Platypus]

She was looking so happy last night!

 

[Anthony P]

So cool...

 

[Number1Platypus]

So cool...

Thanks!

 

[Number1Platypus]

Yep that's an Asian box turtle. Cuora flavomarginata. These guys need quite a bit more moisture and damp substrate than the chunks you got him on. I'd also start feeding on a stone so it's beak can get filed down. Adjusting the diet too with help with that, as it seemed to be not a normal growth of overgrown beak(if that makes sense). Lots of plants for them to hide under and much moist and damp enclosure. I would add a couple bricks of peat moss or coco coir to that substrate and mist him/fog him a few times a day.

What are you feeding him now?

Do you know if its okay to put sand ontop of the dirt stuff? Shes getting a lot of nats even though I clean out all the food daily and I know sand on dirt keeps the nats away

 

[tortadise]

I wouldn't use sandy they can ingest it and cause issues. Gnats are a pest but won't hurt anything. Maybe change the substrate out.

 

[Abdulla6169]

Do you know if its okay to put sand ontop of the dirt stuff? Shes getting a lot of nats even though I clean out all the food daily and I know sand on dirt keeps the nats away

Bake the substrate I've never personally done it, but there are lots of ways on the internet...

 

[Number1Platypus]

I wouldn't use sandy they can ingest it and cause issues. Gnats are a pest but won't hurt anything. Maybe change the substrate out.

Okay thanks. Ive only had the substrate like a week, how often should I be changing it?

 

[Number1Platypus]

Bake the substrate I've never personally done it, but there are lots of ways on the internet...

Hmm interesting, i'll have to try it! Thanks

 

[Number1Platypus]

Incase anyone else has the same problem I put some apple cider vinegar in a jar with 2 drops of dish soap and put a funnel I made out of cardboard in it. The gnats and fruit Flys go in and can't get out and fall in the mixture and die. It's been working really wel