this turtle bites EVERYTHING !

[pryncesssc]

So as most of u saw my thread about my boxie eating her arm , I brought her outside today because it is 80 in Chicago and she is trying to eat anything and everything in the yard. She bit dirt , leaves, rocks. And she did find a rolly Polly Does anyone else have boxies that eat everything ?!? And should I let her taste test ??

 

[turtlemann2]

unlike humans who have hands to feel and touch, turtles use their mouths to test things out, its totally natrual and normal its a new enviroment and shes checking it out this is how she is going to find out what is yummy and what is not

 

[pryncesssc]

Ok cool . She found a patch of leaf litter and she's hanging out in there .. but I can see her shell of course

 

[turtlemann2]

i cant find the pictures BUT one time i taped a ballon to the shell of my turts and let them forage and hang out in the yard, but i knew where they were because they had left over party ballons attached to them LOL it was a site to see

 

[nicoleandrocky]

i cant find the pictures BUT one time i taped a ballon to the shell of my turts and let them forage and hang out in the yard, but i knew where they were because they had left over party ballons attached to them LOL it was a site to see

lol

 

[Akronic]

what would be funny is those, dune buggy flag poles! if you could find a way to attach it

 

[Jacqui]

i cant find the pictures BUT one time i taped a ballon to the shell of my turts and let them forage and hang out in the yard, but i knew where they were because they had left over party ballons attached to them LOL it was a site to see

That would be pretty to see.

 

[terryo]

In the Spring when all the box turtles come up from hibernation they will go all over the garden nibbling on all the little sprouts that are coming up. That's the only time I ever see them eat anything that grows in the garden, except for fallen figs and strawberries...oh and sometimes there are some mushrooms growing on an old log.

 

[pryncesssc]

In the Spring when all the box turtles come up from hibernation they will go all over the garden nibbling on all the little sprouts that are coming up. That's the only time I ever see them eat anything that grows in the garden, except for fallen figs and strawberries...oh and sometimes there are some mushrooms growing on an old log.

Cool , good to know ! By the way I got a pathos plant for my indoor enclosure and hostas for the outdoor one I'm going to put up

 

[terryo]

Hosta's are great for the outdoor garden. They draw slugs, which the turtles love. Mine will sit under the hostas all the time, especially to get out of the sun. My Cherry Heads sit under them outside too. The little hosta sprouts usually come up right around the same time as the turtles come out from hibernation, and those are the first shoots they will eat. I don't know how, but the hosta's still come up every year, even though they eat the little shoots coming up in the Spring. I also use Pothos in all my indoor vivariums for the small turtles.

 

[Jacqui]

I was just noticing today, that the hostas were just starting to sprout up.

 

[turtlemann2]

are hostas considered edible? or do they just don no harm?

 

[terryo]

http://www.africantortoise.com/edible_landscaping.htm

I use this site all the time for my tortoise garden and it's on here as good to eat...no other info about hosta's.

 

[turtlemann2]

great thanks for the link , though i would like to say how disapointed i am that you have no boxie pictures on your FB lol darn redfoots

 

[pryncesssc]

So is there anything in the garden that the boxie shouldn't eat ? Cause I think she ate a centipede

 

[turtlemann2]

more power to her in the wild they eat just about everything that moves, this includes centapedes frogs baby mice and etc thats fine besides if she didnt like it she would have spit it up and out

 

[terryo]

great thanks for the link , though i would like to say how disapointed i am that you have no boxie pictures on your FB lol darn redfoots

NOW...take a look.

 

[turtlemann2]

Much Better!, though now i relize i myself lack enough boxie pics hmmm maybe when i upload a bunch of pictures of my bale for JOJO ill have to upload a few to FB as to not be such a hypocrit