Baby Box Turtle Care
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It's generally frowned upon, and almost always illegal, to re-locate turtles or release them once they've been in captivity. Part of the reason is that it's an easy way to transfer disease into wild populations. Usually only state-certified rehabbers and DNR or F&W are permitted to do such activities. I'd recommend that if you really care about ''wild populations'', you'll find one such wildlife rehabber. If you let us know what state you're in, we can assist with that. There are plenty of captive-bred box turtles for sale, so in the future please do the responsible thing and leave the wild ones in the wild, and purchase a captive-bred specimen.
Josh H
Josh H
Didn't come here for a lesson.
- Buy captive and support the breeding of a supplier that potentially sells to under qualified owners which results in death? Pet trade.
I will take the additional food ideas and run with that information.
- Buy captive and support the breeding of a supplier that potentially sells to under qualified owners which results in death? Pet trade.
I will take the additional food ideas and run with that information.
You came here for information, and it's unfortunate that you feel the information regarding the legalities of what you're doing is irrelevant.
Their are dozens of Eastern Box Turtle books available. I think that would be your best best. As a teen I had a 75' x 75' space in the back yard where 3 dozen box turtles lived. These were all wild caught and fed on wild flowers, night crawlers, crickets, slugs, pinky mice, to name a few things. Their was a 15' x 15' garden in this pen that would attract all kind of small critters. This soil area was also where I would find the females digging out holes to drop their eggs. I never considered these turtles caPtive because they were kept outdoors in a natural manner. Eventually they were all rounded up and released into the woods behind the house.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Mike
Just my 2 cents worth.
Mike
Had great success with ordering from http://shop.bugsincyberspace.com/ pill/sow bugs.
Ordered Monday and came today. These were much better quality and more active which made the turtles move much more!
Ordered Monday and came today. These were much better quality and more active which made the turtles move much more!
I would ditch the Tank and use a Rubber maid tub, much better in the long run. And keep their substrate moist at all times, dehydration due to dry substrate is their biggest cause of death.
Pretty much. I actually used large cat litter pans with great success. I kept them on damp Eco Earth with a few pieces of bark and chunks of moss to hide in or under. The Eco Earth works great because it's very easy for them to dig down into. Don't let the substrate dry out. They do like to soak themselves so offer a shallow dish of water. I used various sized jar lids.
