Hello all!
I have just taken in an 8 year old sulcata rescue. She is 15L"X11W"X8H" and weighs about 30 pounds and seems healthy. We were not expecting her so I'm temporarily housing her in a large bathroom. She has a hiding spot under the built in vanity that I've hung a ceramic heat emitter...
They wiggle around for quite a while after they are beheaded - anywhere from a few minutes to thirty minutes. My turtles attack them without hesitation.
An employee at the pet store where I buy most of my turtle supplies informed me that I should always pinch the heads off superworms before I feed them to my box turtles so that the worms don't bite the turtles and cause internal injuries to their digestive systems. I've been doing that for...
I have several aquatic turtles: two red eared sliders (a male and female) that I've had for for 16 years, a male Mississippi map turtle for 9 years, a female Florida peninsula cooter for 9 years. All came from pet stores and were juveniles when I adopted them. I have one 13 year old male ornate...