Box turtle growth

[dmarcus]

I thought this would be a cool way to show how much my box turtles have grown....

This first photo was taken 10-22-2011

This on was taken last night before there bath tub swim/soak 1-17-2012...

They are all growing at a nice pace now...

 

[Katherine]

Very cute. I love baby box turtles and yours look to be growing at a handsome healthy rate. I wonder how many more of these pics you can take before you need a bigger hand?

 

[turtlemann2]

very nice! its awesome to see how their shells have progressed.

im guessing these are three toeds?

very cute, one day they wont all fit on your hand im thinking the next picture : )

ETA ahh Katherine you beat me to it! lol

 

[kimber_lee_314]

So cute!!! I love boxie babies!

 

[dmarcus]

Very cute. I love baby box turtles and yours look to be growing at a handsome healthy rate. I wonder how many more of these pics you can take before you need a bigger hand?

It wasn't easy getting them to sit still, but I'm sure in a few months it will take two hands to hold them...

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very nice! its awesome to see how their shells have progressed.

im guessing these are three toeds?

very cute, one day they wont all fit on your hand im thinking the next picture : )

ETA ahh Katherine you beat me to it! lol

Yes they are three toed box turtles... the smallest one refused to eat for a few weeks so she is about 20 grams smaller than the other two...

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So cute!!! I love boxie babies!

They are cute, I love how they stare at you when they see you. They have no fear....

 

[yagyujubei]

Wow! Really nice job you've done with them, Dmarcus. They look great.

 

[dmarcus]

Wow! Really nice job you've done with them, Dmarcus. They look great.

Thank you, my only issue now is getting them to eat more than things that wiggle or crawl...

 

[terryo]

Very nice Dmarcus! They grow so fast. Each Summer when mine come up from hibernation they have a little more color.

 

[dmarcus]

Very nice Dmarcus! They grow so fast. Each Summer when mine come up from hibernation they have a little more color.

They do grow fast, I take it that the lack of light brings out the color or is there more to it?