Ooooh spotteds!! So beautiful!!
I've actually only seen them in pictures.

I didn't want box turtles, didn't plan to have any because they are native here, I don't want to take wild turtles and force them into captivity...but it started with one we found who'd been dog chewed. There used to be big dogs living next door & we used to have a fence that box turtles could walk through. We found her one Sunday evening sitting next to my car bleeding on our driveway & it looked like she had come from the direction of those big dogs.
I couldn't let her suffer so I picked her up, bandaged her then took her to the vet the next morning. Two years later she was fully healed but then spoiled rotten so here she is. LOL

The rest just happened, the last box I took in was horribly dog chewed as well. All are doing fine now so last fall we built a pen for them, they are about to go outside to live full time.
The tortoise was a sad case too, someone dumped her in the country then shot her with a gun so.. suckers that we are, we took her in too. We live on an acre so we do have room for them, but now we can never move!

I started with a western painted hatchling because I wanted him never planning to ever get another turtle but, here we are.
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PHRatz

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