Recent content by BoxTurtleWhisperer

Here’s a picture! I picked him out because his carapace was patternless and just tan. I’m hoping it stays that way cause I love the look of adult 3toes with a patternless tan shell.

This is just my first time raising box turtles this young I’ve had box turtles my whole life though! I have 2 adult easterns that live outside year around. One I’ve had for 17 years and he was already an adult when I got him so I have no idea how old he actually is. Sadly he was probably wild...

Thanks for the advice everyone! I think he’s coming around now. Hours after I posted this I walked by the cage and he’s eating a chunk of worm so obviously he turned on one of his friends lol. He’s been way more active in the smaller setup with water and the moss. I’m starting to notice he’s...

So I just got a baby 3 toed box turtle a couple weeks ago and at first I setup a realistic enclosure with dirt, hides, leaf litter and all that good stuff but the box turtle completely stopped eating and was just burying himself. So I changed him into a water setup with some sphagnum moss and...