Great news! Steve the turtle went to town in some worms this morning. He has gotten used to us. Thank you all SO much. I am so relieved. He’s much happier in his bog like enclosure. What kinds of pellets do you recommend? He doesn’t like the ones I have. Thank goodness he loves those worms...
Thanks so much for everyone’s excellent advice! He’s been much more active the last few days. I just redid his enclosure today with much more water. I’m keeping the substrate moist as well. I got an under the tank heater for the warmer side but he still has a cooler area to dig if he wants...
Thanks! You’re right. I initially thought that they were more like Chinese box turtles. I bought a bigger water dish for him that should be here soon. When it gets warmer outside, I’ll make him a shallow pond.
Hello! I recently received my first ever non-mammal friend, a Seram Island Box Turtle. He (I’m honestly not sure) arrived via FedEx in Wednesday. It took a day to get the temperature closer to right in his enclosure. It’s now 80 during the day and 65 at night. He hasn’t eaten since I got him...