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RE: box turtle rescued!

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Posted by: terryo at Tue Oct 6 18:03:53 2009  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by terryo ]  
   

It's unfortunate, but I really don't think you can release him back to where he came from. The best you can do for him now is to block off a corner of your yard, and loosen up the soil to about 2 feet, than put at least 2 more feet of leaves on top of that to give him a place to hibernate. Leave a pan of water out for him, If you can't find any leaf litter now as it might be too soon to find fallen leaves, just pull them off a tree, and they will eventually dry up. If he is used to hibernating he may get sick if doesn't get a change to.


   

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