Do you think we could section off a part of this larger (empty) habitat for the hatchling? Could this be modified to work? There is a painter's tray for water on the other side (not pictured) but other than that and more coverage, what would it need?
Wow that is amazing! Thank you so much for your suggestions and pictures. Do you do anything special to get them ready to hibernate or just loosen the dirt and provide cover materials like you mentioned?
This is what we were thinking honestly - to help him get past the most vulnerable time and release - so far we have only given him food that he has to "hunt for" so to speak - slugs and worms from our back yard. We will add in some local plants too as we learn what is best. We are working on a...
On the SC DNR website, Eastern box turtle is listed as one of the species of native turtle that may be possessed in a personal collection as long as the number does not exceed 2, or 10 turtles total of any legal native turtle type. I doubled checked with a DNR officer in the upstate and he...
My understanding is that it is perfectly legal, even with the new laws put into place last October - could you please cite your source for that info? I certainly don’t want to do anything illegal, but this seems perfectly within the bounds of what is allowed based on the source below.
My neighbor found this little guy after she accidentally ran him over with the lawn mower! Thankfully he was not injured, but we would like to take care of him. We have a large outdoor enclosure and have cared for adult box turtles in the past, but we are not sure how to care for a hatchling...