my babies

[Yvonne G]

I have at least one of every kind of U.S. box turtle (not counting the Mexican), and recently purchased a couple babies from Pat and Danny. Here's a picture of all the new babies getting their morning soak. In this tub are some Easterns, some Luteolas, some Floridas and a Gulf coast. If all these babies live, I'll have at least one pair of every kind of box turtle!!

Yvonne

 

[jlyoncc1]

Great picture Yvonne! They are beautiful!!!

 

[egyptiandan]

They look great Yvonne. Excellent picture

Danny

 

[terryo]

Awww...I love baby boxies. What do you keep them in? Do they all need different environments?

 

[Yvonne G]

Awww...I love baby boxies. What do you keep them in? Do they all need different environments?

For now I'm keeping them all together, but if I see any aggression I'll have to separate them. Each specie of the adults has its own habitat, so they are separate. I keep the babies in a large Rubbermaid tub on fine grade orchid bark.

Yvonne

 

[Crazy1]

Wonderful looking babies Yvonne. Congratulations.

 

[Jentortmom]

Nice babies Yvonne!!

 

[Isa]

Congratulations on the new babies Yvonne

Very nice pic

 

[purpod]

Hiya Yvonne ~

Awww ~ those lil' guys are just too too cute! I used to love finding the Eastern Boxies all over when we lived in NC; they were so full of character and so beautiful! I'm sure these cuties will have an xllnt home with you ~

Thanx for sharing,
Purpod

 

[unlimited]

they r very cute:shy:

 

[BigBiscuit]

They are really sweet looking. I wish I had a "tub of turtles."


Evan

 

[Millerlite]

Very nice, Are there any easterns in there. I always wanted every kind, I only had 3toeds, Ornates, Desert ornates, Eaterns. Never had Flordias or golf cost but really want(ed) some.

 

[Yvonne G]

Very nice, Are there any easterns in there. I always wanted every kind, I only had 3toeds, Ornates, Desert ornates, Eaterns. Never had Flordias or golf cost but really want(ed) some.

Yes, the brown ones are Easterns. I have all my turtles in their own pens and I took the eggs from the Eastern pen, so even though they look like 3-toes at this stage, I'm positive they are Eastern.

Yvonne

 

[Millerlite]

Ahh.. YEah i use to have a baby eastern that looked like those ones, Turned out to have awesome colors, Should be interesting seeing them all grow up, I bet your excited. Box turtles just have personality like no other turtles, i love them.

 

[REDFOOTMATT]

Great collection of boxies, what do you feed your boxie hatchlings?

 

[Yvonne G]

Great collection of boxies, what do you feed your boxie hatchlings?

I learned about soaking turtle pellets from Pat (Patman), so I feed soaked trout chow, soaked Reptimin, live black worms (used to be called tubifex until someone got sick from them so they changed the name to make you think its a different kind of worm), pin head crickets, meal worms and the occasional red worm. My sister cuts up night crawlers for hers, but I don't have the stomach for cutting a worm. I offer fruits and veggies, but as yet they don't eat that.

Yvonne

 

[Millerlite]

when i raised mine, they only ate live foods too. You should try snails and slugs, they loved them.