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Box Turtles
- Thread starter Camby
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Camby
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Correct, I have an outdoor enclosure with 1.3 adults and 1.0 teenager. I don't really watch for them to lay, but I saw this female and another laying one night on the way into the reptile building so I harvested and hatched.
dc
possum_minister
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Those are awesome adults. Nice bright colors. The three toed boxies we get around here rarely have that much color, especially on the carapace.
Camby
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I agree, I rarely see wc box turtles much anymore. All of my adults were taken from the wild, but all have some sort of "special need". One can't close the front of her shell to defend it's self from a frontal attack, another has a severly altered shell, it appears to have been hit by a car and very oblonged shape and she also only has 3 legs, 2 back and 1 front. She is affectionately named "Peg" for her peg leg.
I have only caught them laying 4-5 times but so far I have succesfully hatched all of them. They're cute little buggers.
dc
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Camby
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Thanks, that male is really bright looking. The teenager male is just as bright. Due to his color, he was taken from the wild and doesn't have any special needs. They are definitely the lookers in the crowd.
Yeah I remember that one. I wish you did have it, we would have to work something out to get some of those, lol. Anytime you want any cb babies, let me know and I'll get you a pair. BTW, my daughter found 3 babies still in their nest in Burnsville two years ago. It was July 4th weekend and was on the sunny side of one of the mountain faces where it recieved full sunshine from about 1:00 til sunset.
thanks
dc
possum_minister
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I actually have a box turtle that was hit by a car back in july. Crushed his shell up pretty bad and he lost a few pieces. I ended up putting fiberglass, like you use on boat hulls, to cover the open wound and he seems to be fine. Hes very active and eats like a horse. I doubt he will ever be able to be released, but at least he should live. It just amazes me how resilient they can be. I guess ive acquired a new pet.
Camby
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They utilize bondo to repair sea turtles or at least they used too. They are very resilient, I hate seeing them on the road.
Keep the little guy and maybe build him an outdoor enclosure, mine love it. I feed them left over food from dinner and they get sandwich meats that are about to spoil and such. Heck, they even eat the shells of hatched corns. One of their favorites is small fish. We own a pond so sometimes we will catch some of the smaller bream and some of the red shiners and cut them into pieces for the turtles. They love them
dc
possum_minister
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I thought about bondo but i decided on the fiberglass. It's not the best way to fix a damaged shell but its all i could do. I just fed the little guy and he ate like a champ.
Ill keep that in mind about the diet. All he will eat so far is nightcrawlers. no fruit at all. i guess he needs all the protein he can get.
Ill keep that in mind about the diet. All he will eat so far is nightcrawlers. no fruit at all. i guess he needs all the protein he can get.
Camby
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If he will eat it, another one is cooked hamburger meat or simply canned dog food. I don't like the dog food much because it really isn't high protein, but they do seem to like it here.
Good luck with him
dc