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I adopted a new box turtle on Friday and he has an overgrown beak. I want to let him acclimate to his new home prior to taking care of it. He's able to eat and is a good weight, so I don't feel like it's an emergency situation. Will I need to trim it, or will eating on a rough surface take...

About a week ago I added a big pile of weeds, leaves and other leafy yard derbies to the turtle pen. I don't think I've seen much of either of the guys since. I pulled it up and there they were with all manor of creepy crawlies, especially pillbugs. Add to this the fig tree they live under...

We went on a 3 day camping trip this weekend and when we got back on Sunday I couldn't find two of my ornate babies and Tulip (one of my gulf coast box turtles). I wasn't too worried about Tulip since she is really good at hiding (I have though I lost her a few times), but was concerned about...

I adopted a new Hermann's tortoise at the end of April. I have her on a diet of weed/grocery greens. I soak her at least every other day. Over the last few days her soak water I've been noticing what looks like bell pepper seeds in her poop. Her previous owner mentioned that she liked them...

I have two Gulf Coast that I got last summer (Bubba and Tulip). I'm curious about their different colorations. I've seen pictures of adults that are really dark and others that are lighter. Is that's what's happening here? Also does the coloreration difference mean the aren't from the same...

Right now I have two Three-toed Turtles Box (Adult) and two Gulf Coast Box Turtles (about a year and a half old). The three-toed were bought from a teenager over craigslist and came in a cereal box. The gulf coast were from a local woman who is best described as a hobby breeder. I am...

I was at a day long local event a few weekends ago and came across this display. Sadly it was the education department from one of the local zoos. Not sure why they brought all three, in a stock tank, to an inside venue where you couldn't put them out in any sort of a pen. I'm just hoping it...

Petunia is back outside and out of the greenhouse for the season. I would even go as far as saying he is a little bit less shy than a year ago when we adopted him. I'll have to get some pictures this weekend (when the rain stops) of his enclosure...I reseeded some clover and greens for him to...

I picked up two box turtles from a kid on Craigslist this weekend. He showed up with both turtles in a cinnamon toast crunch cereal box. Their shells both have damage, but they are alert, not all that afraid of people, and already are eating. They were sold as "regular box turtles" (that's...

I have a marginated tortoise that is about 4 years old. We've had him for about 7 months at this point. At his previous home he had an insulated house that he could go into and I was told that nothing special was done for the winter. We live the Fort Worth area and while our winters aren't...

How old are your box turtles when you move them to an outdoor enclosure?

Our marginated tortoise has recently started to dig himself down a few inches (3-5) into the soil in his enclosure. Always in the same area (under one of his favorite plants...sometimes under its root ball). He's outside with daytime highs in the mid 80s and night time lows 65-72 right now...

We are the new owners of a marinated tortoise. He's about 3 1/2 years old and seems rather timid. I didn't think he was eating for a while, but then caught him snacking on some plants in his enclosure and found some poop, so I'm assuming we're all good. Poor guy still needs a name. We're...