I have an outdoor enclosure (it was a garden) that has been converted to a Box Turtle year round home. (in central Michigan) It is about 20' by 20' and it has turned into a jungle of 4 ft. tall weeds. I would like to put in a pond..Im thinking about 3 ft by 8 ft, and about 2 or 3 ft deep at...
The EBT we have was supposed to be a juvenile when I purchased it about 4 months ago. It was larger than I anticipated, so I wondered a little about its background....how old was it? Had it been raised in captivity with constant human interaction, or perhaps wild caught? It always seemed...
This little stream was a torrent a few days ago, with the dams failing and all the flooding. I get to observe her tooling around and there are earthworms every galore
Kiwi was brought outside today for a day of adventure and experimentation. First a soak in the turtle basin. It was a success as regularity now seems part of the equation. Does anyone know if box turtles will eat the water snails I have in one of the pics? So far she has been uninterested...
Thank you for your past answers to my questions...I have a few more.
First of all I'm trying to figure out the best way to use this forum. If I have questions regarding box turtles, is there a forum subset for those topics, and if so, how do I get there?
Ok turtle questions
1) I feel bad...
Just received box turtle from Tortoise town last Wednesday- trying to determine what is normal and what is a concern. I ordered a "juvenile / young adult", this turtle has a 5 inch long shell, seems older? Which I guess is ok? The turtle has not once gone into its shell....that also seems...