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  1. Budbud62808

    Critique my box turtle

    I already have another tank. It's much bigger. We've had plans to switch him for a while we've just needed a new stand for his new tank... A lot of people have suggested the plastic totes but I would think the bigger tank would work too??
  2. Budbud62808

    Critique my box turtle

    Ok thank you for the answer
  3. Budbud62808

    Critique my box turtle

    Ok can I ask why? He spends a lot of his day on it.
  4. Budbud62808

    Critique my box turtle

    wow thank you!! He is really that old. My husband was given him by his 2nd grade teacher.. My husband will be 32 this year.
  5. Budbud62808

    Critique my box turtle

    Ok I know we have lots of things to fix. Here's a picture of his tank. He has a heat rock ( no idea the temp) and a water dish. He only gets produce (mostly iceberg :( lettuce, tomatoes, melon, strawberry). We use reptile bark for his bedding.. He has a mirror on his tank (after reading I think...
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    Box Turtle Hatchling Care Sheet

    I know. And we do love our BudBud. My husband is terrified his turtle is dying... I started researching it to tell him he was wrong. I'm not convinced that he is 100% healthy but I know way more now than I did before
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    Box Turtle Hatchling Care Sheet

    Thanks I've started a few new threads with questions. I'm scared to post pics because after reading so much I just know I'll get bad feed back. Refinishing the stand for BudBuds new tank and then we start
  8. Budbud62808

    Box Turtle Hatchling Care Sheet

    I've just recently joined. We have the opposite of a hatchling I was only browsing different topics... I'm going to be making changes to our box turtles habitat but wanted to ask a question regarding his diet. This says no ice berg lettuce, but that has been his primary diet for soo long I'm...
  9. Budbud62808

    What's normal behavior?

    I'm still new here. I've been reading post after post and gaining so much valuable information!! I'm wonder what you box turtles normal behavior is. Our box turtle is pretty old. My husband has had him for 25 years and he got him from a schmo teacher and we don't know how long she had him. He...
  10. Budbud62808

    New here! :)

    We will def take all your suggestions. I am still wondering why all of a sudden he is spending soo much time in his water. He has lived in this same tank with the same diet for 20+ years. The sudden change has me worried.
  11. Budbud62808

    New here! :)

    We don't feed him anything like that. We do have a bigger tank for him that isn't set up yet, I've asked people at the pet store about his diet and they told me that since he's been on the same diet for so many years that it was ok to continue feeding him what we always had. I know they may not...
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    New here! :)

  13. Budbud62808

    New here! :)

    Hi, I just joined this evening. My husband and I have a box turtle, Budbud. He was given to my husband by his 2nd grade teacher. His parents have had this turtle for 23 years. Last august we took custody (hehe) of BudBud and brought him to live with us. As per my inlaws BudBud eats only produce...
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