I have a captive three-toed box turtle which rescued from a pet store. At the time of the rescue, he had a severe eye infection secondary to a vitamin A deficiency. He ultimately recovered but lost all use of his right eye.

He is normally housed with two female T.c.triunguis and often needs extra care at feeding time; his field of vision is halved, and he even seems to not be able to 'intuit' that a prey insect has moved into his 'blind spot', and thus gives up on the prey intem altogether. He also loses out in breeding competition when we occasionally place him in a 2.3 breeding group. Even in the 1.2 group, he attempts mating much less often than our other male in a 1.1 group.

So, it seems to me that a one-eyed turtle is at a distinct disadvantage. Keep yours in captivity.

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• rehab and release options for new turtle - sleepofapples, Thu May 25 16:16:52 2006
• RE: rehab and release options for new turtle - Katrina, Thu May 25 18:56:38 2006
• RE: rehab and release options for new turtle - zillmerj, Fri May 26 11:00:51 2006
• RE: rehab and release options for new turtle - tmdank, Fri May 26 14:54:46 2006
• RE: rehab and release options for new turtle - sleepofapples, Sat May 27 23:39:32 2006
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