My 3-legged eastern box turtle, Esther, has not gone to bathroom in a few weeks, at least. I soak her and her sister 3 to 4 times a week (usually before I feed them) and while Olive usually always goes, Esther won't. The problem though is that I can see her working on getting something out...
They have a basking spot that stays between 80 and 85 during the day and they have a UVB light that hangs under the screen so the mesh doesn't hinder the UVB. I am getting a ceramic heat emitter soon, I am just waiting for it in the mail. They also have a nighttime bulb until I get the ceramic...
I need some advice from seasoned Box turtle parents...
First, my 2 box turtles really only eat corn, peas, and zucchini, although one of them will eat zoomed's canned box turtle food and earthworms. When they are in their enclosure, they pretty much just burrow under their substrate and stay...
Hi!
I am sort of new to the turtle world. I am an intern at a zoo in Chicago and I fell in love with their Red Footed and Yellow Footed Tortoises. I ended up with 2 Eastern Box Turtles from Craiglist because their owner had rescued them from being returned to the wild but didn't know how to...