So you think it would be okay to keep her? I'm so confused! Some people say keep, some people say put her back.
Yes. In earlier days only wild caught were kept as pets and many liver very long lives.
So you think it would be okay to keep her? I'm so confused! Some people say keep, some people say put her back.
Get a life? I’m ignorant...?
Well I believe you’re a perfect example of the phrase, “With age doesn’t always come wisdom.”
I suppose you’ve poached plenty of turtles in your 72 years, and you probably don’t know or care about the impact that has on the wild population. It’s old timers like you who we can thank for the lack of wild turtles in general. My kids won’t be able to see all the types of turtles in their natural environment thanks to people like you who find it perfectly okay to take a wild animal home as a pet.
Shameful you don’t appreciate the animals more sr, simply shameful.
Oh my goodness he's darling [emoji7] have you picked a name yet?He's here!!!!! And he's so tiny and cute!!! Oh my gosh!!
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Oh my goodness he's darling [emoji7] have you picked a name yet?
I'm sure they will have fun picking one out [emoji3526] he's adorable glad you got a baby, I myself would rather start with the baby so you can teach him how you want and he will grow up knowing you're there for care. [emoji3526] Good luck [emoji4]No name yet...my girls are thinking it over!!
Fantastic! Congratulations on your new box turtle. Do you have a new home set up for the little one to settle in to?
Oh, ok. Be sure to keep it around 82F. Wet and warm is ideal, wet and cold can result in illness for a young box turtle. Post some pictures of your set up when you have it ready so we can offer some suggestions to make things better for the little guy.well, we had set up a home for the other one, but the things in it are a bit big, I think, for this little guy, so it's going to need some modifications until he's a little bigger. For now I just have him in a big plastic container with wet paper towels until we get it sorted.
How old is he? And he might not eat at first because it's all new to him. And if he's still a little hatchling he could be thriving off of his nutritional yolk he absorbed.Is it normal for him to not be interested in eating at first? I have some small red wrigglers for him, but he doesn't seem at all interested.
How old is he? And he might not eat at first because it's all new to him. And if he's still a little hatchling he could be thriving off of his nutritional yolk he absorbed.
Oh, ok. Be sure to keep it around 82F. Wet and warm is ideal, wet and cold can result in illness for a young box turtle. Post some pictures of your set up when you have it ready so we can offer some suggestions to make things better for the little guy.
He will most likely eat soon for you. He's probably just nervous being at a new place with new people. Good luck [emoji3526]He's 2 weeks old.
Try to find a bag of long grain sphagnum moss (orchid moss) at a nearby home improvement store or garden center. Soak it, get it good and wet, then squeeze out most of the water, and spread it throughout the enclosure. it will help your baby boxie feel safe. Boxies enjoy digging into orchid moss and hiding under it. The damp moss also helps with humidity.Okay, this is what I have right now, plus a separate light with a full spectrum bulb. The substrate is a mixture of organic top soil, coco coir, and spaghum moss, and I wet it all down thoroughly. The humidity is at 62% now...is that okay? I was thinking about putting some wrigglers right in the soil...what do you think? Also, should I add some more moss on top of the soil? Anything else I should do? I tried to get the water dish down into the soil so he doesn't fall backwards climbing out, but I'll see how he does...if he can't manage it yet, I'll take it out and just soak him a couple times a day. View attachment 280332
Try to find a bag of long grain sphagnum moss (orchid moss) at a nearby home improvement store or garden center. Soak it, get it good and wet, then squeeze out most of the water, and spread it throughout the enclosure. it will help your baby boxie feel safe. Boxies enjoy digging into orchid moss and hiding under it. The damp moss also helps with humidity.
I'm in favor of releasing a bunch of red wigglers into the enclosure. That's what I ended up doing when my boxie was still fairly small. It's actually a great place to store them and let them reproduce until your boxie feels like eating them. The red wigglers will likely congregate under the water bowl (large plant saucer), so they will be easy to locate when needed.
You can take your boxie out for supervised soaking time (just deep enough to get the whole turtle wet, make sure there's a lifeguard on duty). While she's soaking, you can empty out the shallow turtle pool in her enclosure, retrieve some red wigglers from underneath the pool, and feed them to her in the soaking tub.