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I'm so sorry, but he was donated to a local herpetological society for their education program. I'll try to figure out how to delete my original post.

This website's communications options are not exactly easy to figure out - is this a private message? Let me know if you see this - somehow!

GOSH - they are the cutest little things! I wonder how the one with yellow spots on the center spine will look as an adult - all the others have black spots in the center. How big across are they? The size of a half dollar? Or bigger?

Hi All, I "rescued" a tiny GC BT a little over a year ago. He or she has grown well and [I assume] is healthy but after reading this forum for a year and getting a lot of help I have come to the realization that there are people out there that really love their torts and that I am not giving him...

I also would like to marry you. Sigh.

The thermometer is laying on the substrate, so I think it's pretty accurate. The low light is the heat; the high light is just light. If I put it too close to the mesh it's like his enclosure is lit by a spotlight! Re: the temperature - it's probably about 80 degrees in there, but I can...

Hi Everyone, I have had a heck of a time trying to get my Harry to eat. Since the weather got colder he will not eat. I have tried pellets on the advice of everyone here - I got some Mazuri and some other one (forgot the brand name) and soak them and give it to him with what used to be his...

Darn, not available here, but I might be able to build one ...

I do vermiculture (compost with worms) and the fruit fly and springtail problems are common. Killing the flies with tape or however you want to do it will work if you are diligent and don't leave any left alive. For the springtails - this is going to sound gross, and it is very labor intensive...

Thanks for posting. I'll try to worry less, and am definitely still providing food.

WOW. Really gives me some ideas too. THANK you for sharing!! How did you make those sliding glass doors? And are there vents somewhere?

My yearling Harry has never been a particularly active turtle, or a very good eater. Recently when I go to feed him I have to dig him up to soak him and try to get him to eat. He won't eat at all, and when I leave him alone he just burrows back immediately. Is he trying to hibernate? The house...

Thanks for that tip - I just happen to have an old coffee grinder somewhere .... Everyone on this forum is so nice. I really appreciate it.

OK, thanks so much you guys! Looking at the Omega One pellets available on Amazon, the product is specified as either juvenile or adult. If my boxie is 4.5" long and maybe a little over a year old, is he considered a juvenile still, or an adult? He still prefers protein foods and will scarcely...

Why do you use the aquatic turtle pellets? I have my very first reptile - a Gulf Coast Box Turtle - and even though they are called turtles, aren't they really tortoises? Even if that's true, is an aquatic formula better for them?

Hi, I have a picky Gulf Coast Box Turtle about a year old (4.5" long). It was recommended in another thread that I try to get him used to pellets or "sticks." I finally looked into it and was quickly overwhelmed by the choices! I looked up Mazuri pellets and there are 6 different formulas...

So I shouldn't worry about his lack of moving around? LOL - I called him a Florida Box Turtle because I found him here in Florida - and it turns out to be a real type of turtle! I do live about a third of a mile from the beach. How can you tell he is a Gulf Coast type? And he looks healthy...

Thanks you guys for responding so quickly - had to wait til I got home to post pics. Here he is, he is kind of wet but hopefully you can see him well. Also his habitat and his baby picture - a couple days after I found him. At that point I was trying to get him to eat meal worms.

Hi, along with many others I thought I was doing a box turtle a "favor" last year when I picked it up and brought it inside to take care of it. Not my best idea, granted. I had never kept any reptile before. At the time he or she was about the size of a silver dollar and is now about 4.5 inches...