Identity crisis!

[AtlastheGreek]

A friend of mine recently acquired a turtle/tortoise from someone who really didn't take care it. We need help identifying the species, what diet it should have, any lighting or other habitat info would be very helpful as well. Thanks for the help!

 

[Gillian M]

Welcome to the forum!

A cute little tort! Please read the "Beginners Mistake Thread" and give your tort daily soaks in warm water.

By the way, where do you live?

 

[juli11]

Its a kind of box turtle (terrapene) I'm really really bad in distinguish the different kinds of this genus. Wait for Yvonne she is able to identify this guy 100%

 

[Yvonne G]

Looks like a very young, poorly cared for three-toe box turtle (Terrapene carolina triunguis). But it might be a different subspecies. Sometimes they're hard to tell until they start to get their grown up look to them. Here's a generic box turtle care sheet:

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/box-turtle-care-sheet.93937/

 

[AtlastheGreek]

Thanks for the quick responses everyone! We live in south-central Pennsylvania. She also made a vet appointment to make sure there are no worms or other issues, along with having nails trimmed. The person who found this turtle, and took it from the wild (it was a few years ago) really neglected it, but it's in much better care now.

 

[ColleenT]

Good Luck. He/she is a cutie.

 

[lisa127]

Can we see the plastron?

 

[Berkeley]

If it was found in the wild in PA it is an Eastern box turtle.
--Berkeley

 

[lisa127]

If it was found in the wild in PA it is an Eastern box turtle.
--Berkeley

I don't think it's a wild turtle.

 

[Berkeley]

I don't think it's a wild turtle.

The OP says it is in the post above:

The person who found this turtle, and took it from the wild (it was a few years ago) really neglected it, but it's in much better care now.

--Berkeley

 

[lisa127]

The OP says it is in the post above:


--Berkeley

Ok, missed that part!