I learned from this site how to prep my box turts for the beefcake photos .. use coconut oil on their shell. Here's Brave at his best ! Thanks again Tortoise Forum !
I started with an aquarium, then graduated to these plastic enclosures : 1] Rubbermaid, 42 inches by 17 inches. 2] the black cement mixing tray, 3 feet by 2 feet.
Then I bought a plastic folding table, 4 feet by two feet, built a wall of plywood and 4 by 4's on top of it, and lined it with...
My male eastern box turtle [EBT] spends more time under the UVB bulb than the 4 others of mine combined times ten !
I don't know why. With my last batch of boxies in 2015 , the female EBT also spent more time under the UVB's than my Florida, Three Toeds and Gulf Coasts combined, as well.
Before...
I have a nice outdoor pen. Outdoors is best for any adult turtle. Problem. In my neck of Ontario Canada, only 2-3 months of the year do nighttime temperatures stay above 65 degrees at night. Is there possibly a lower threshold for these creatures?
Finding them to bring them in for the night, at...
Perhaps the most beautiful of the box turtles is the Florida Box Turtle. Here are pics of my female from a 3.1 cm /11-gram baby to a juvenile to an adult.
What is a Gulf Coast Box Turtle? In the past, major herpetologists have said that they are nothing more than a cross between an Eastern Box Turtle and a now-extinct Box Turtle. Others have declared that they are a distinct Box Turtle but they have 3 regional color morphs. Recently, some say that...
In Canada, you can buy small, recently hatched turtles, then have them shipped to your home overnight. Then have the joy of seeing them grow and change. Does the U.S. still have that law that you cannot sell turtles under 4 inches in length ??
Below, my Three Toed in November 2017, 2 months...
Dear Tortoise Forum :
Thank you for your wonderful site that has given me invaluable information in raising box turtles up here in Canada. Except for the Eastern Box, all of the turtles were raised from hatchlings and have thrived. Most of them were from Julie of CBC Turtles and Tortoises in...