I have had my Male Eastern Box Turtle, Clem, for a few years now. He is colorful and active. I am looking to find him a mate, or better yet, a pair of mates this spring. I have read/heard that a 2 female to 1 male ratio helps take the stress off a line female. I plan to extend his already large outdoor enclosure (double it in fact). I also plan to have a partition that i can add/remove at will. This way i can isolate the females some of the time. Finding females however, that’s the real trick. Being in Nj, the law states that i can keep as many eastern box turtles as i want. I can buy them. I can theoretically sell them (but i’m not). However i cannot buy them from a seller within NJ. Online auctions like Kingsnake often have easterns pop up at outrageous prices. Many times they are either long term captive or even recently wild caught. Most posts seem pretty suspect or outright shady. Does anyone know of reputable breeders, outside of NJ where i can adopt/purchase an (or two) adult female eastern box turtles?
just a suggestion, when you add on to your enclosure make sure to add plenty of full plant cover.
