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Need help Id'ing a tort given to someone in our small FB group. Info is that he is 11 years old. My initial thought is Asian Brown/Black?????

Oh my goodness y'all... I am seriously about to cry. During his soak just now I noticed and had to take a picture to compare but... I got my baby about a month and a half ago and- Bmo has some new scute growth. His previous owners were clueless about humidity and had him in an open table with...

I've had BMO all of 2.5 days, and he is just so outgoing I can't get over it! He doesn't hide away in his shell, and rarely flinches. Here is him being totally fine with hand feeding this afternoon :)

Okay, just today I went and picked up my new Leopard tort. He came with an enclosure and Im hoping I can use it for a little while, but as it stands, it's not very effective. He is about 4" long approx. 7months old. The enclosure is nice "quality" it is wooden with plexiglass front windows. The...

Well I have him! And definitely a male. It's pretty obvious the previous owners had no idea that torts need humidity because his pyramiding looks bad to me. His enclosure is too open and the only substrate is bark. We have some work to do!!

Okay, so a little background. For years I've housed turtles that have come into my yard for a few months and then rereleased them. I love them but honestly wild captive box turtles are not easy to care for. I love all the tort breeds but have always loves the shell pattern of the Leo's the best...

OMGSH! My 3 year old comes in and says "Brock is tipped over" so im going over there to turn him upright and this is what I see: BUT the one in the female position is Oscar... "He" has a concave plastron, orange eyes and a fat big tail! Am I confused or is "he"? Is Oscar a girl? b/c clearly...

Okay so Ive seen people mention turtle brittle and trout chow. They market to be similar to each other so why do some feed both? And do you feed it wet? Mix with fruits and veggies? Too many choices! Also will they eat bugs if you whack em first?

Ive seen photos of the three toeds hatching- and they all look to be a solid color all over? When do they get their coloring?

Yay! I couldnt afford an incubator until today, 23 days after accidentally digging up 6 Three Toed box turtle eggs (well 7 but the 7th suffered severing) in the outdoors enclosure. Until now theyve been kept in native poor quality soil in a container in a 75-80F closet. But not anymore! Momma...

Well we are about half way into incubation with our 6 three toed eggs. Almost 30 days! I found them by accident when I was replacing dirt in the outdoor enclosure. I wasn't thinking about eggs at all because they had only been in the enclosure for one week when it happened. So I made a rookie...

Okay so many of you know Biggie. She is the three toed with the more fancy looking shell pattern. This is her: In addition to being about 2-3" larger than my other full grown TTBTs Ive noticed that she NEVER hides! Ive had her about 2 months, indoors and out. The other turtles find a...

Okay, just wondering, as far as high Vitamin A foods go my turtles like sweet potato & canteloupe. What do YOUR turtles eat that is high in Vitamin A? I cant get them to eat things like Kale even if its mixed in but they will eat Red Leaf. Is that high in A?

Okay I posted this in the turtle enclosures thread as well. But since Ive been having some issues with my turtles due to problems in the table, I wanted to post it here as well. This is the table when I first put them in it: Now even I can see why I had so many problems! All of your...

Okay so i took lots of the advice given to me from posting pics of my newly built turtle table last week. Thank you ALL for your attentive help! The enclosure had not only the obvious things wrong but my substrate needed a big moisture boost as well. Here is the table when it was first built...

Okay I need something to heat the water in my turtles' table! Its too cold for them and they wont get in it. So... terrarium heating pad or submersible aquarium heater?!! The materials cant get too hot because its wood and plastic. Thoughts? Thanks so much.

Canteloupe Cooked sweet potato Lettuce Raspberry Sweet red pepper YUM!

Time to eat! Cooked sweet potato Canteloupe Red sweet pepper Raspberry Lettuce

Okay so twice a day, I have a squirt bottle and I mist the entire enclosure. Its taxing lol. What can you use that is inexpensive and effective for misting an indoor enclosure? I saw a "mister" at petco, are those worth the money?

I had this table built for my box turtles! Its all done and set up in my front room :) The turtles are loving exploring it and finding their hides. Check it out and tell me what you think? Brock in the water dish Oscar found his fave hide! Baby Houdini LOVES the coco...