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Maggie Cummings
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Everybody who knows me knows I generally answer the questions about Sulcata and I generally make threads about Bob. Just recently I have been trying to pay more attention to my box turtles after losing The Goof Ball, I figured maybe I wasn't paying enough attention to them. So I have been trying to be a better box turtle keeper, especially since I now have more box turtles than tortoises. So here's some new photos of my box turtles, especially of Bright Eyes. She's been digging test nests for about a month now, and this is what I found in her habitat today. She was so funny because every time she dug a nest and then left it, I would root around in there with my hand to see if there were any eggs and darned if she didn't dart out of her half log and try to bite me every time! So what was she trying to do, protect the eggs she DIDN'T lay??? Anyhow, she hasn't been with a male in the 11 years I've had her, and dmmj seems to think the birds and the bees have something to do with eggs, but my birds are caged and I don't keep bees, so these eggs are not fertile. But look at the size of them compared to her! She's such a small turtle and the eggs look so big to me.
The other female Ornata I have loves strawberries and bananas, so in this picture she's got a mouth full of banana, but like all the rest she freezes when the camera is pointed at her.
Ginger, my female Eastern, attracted my attention by banging on the glass telling me to take her picture...So I did. Isn't it funny how she always has to have her water saucer on top of her? And last but not least is Torzilla, my Eastern hatchling with his mouth stuffed full of strawberry...
I think box turtles are fun animals to have and I think that we need to promote them more, they sure are easier to keep than tortoises...
The other female Ornata I have loves strawberries and bananas, so in this picture she's got a mouth full of banana, but like all the rest she freezes when the camera is pointed at her.
Ginger, my female Eastern, attracted my attention by banging on the glass telling me to take her picture...So I did. Isn't it funny how she always has to have her water saucer on top of her? And last but not least is Torzilla, my Eastern hatchling with his mouth stuffed full of strawberry...
I think box turtles are fun animals to have and I think that we need to promote them more, they sure are easier to keep than tortoises...