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Posted by: nathana at Wed Jun 25 12:06:08 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by nathana ]

a 40 breeder is not a suitable home for adult box turtles. It is barely adequate for a group of hatchling box turtles. If you can't move them outdoors you should at least find a way to build an enclosure that gives them a minimum of 10 square feet of floor space each, at minimum. Ideally they should have huge areas to run. And for best health they should live outdoors.

Glass tanks also tend to shut down box turtles. They can see out and for a while they will stress trying to escape, then they give up and sit and stare, slowly fading away. Large enclosures with lots of plants, logs, rock piles, and all sorts of obstructions to their vision, as well as solid opaque walls, mean they must adventure around and will stay stimulated.

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Is my female boxie being goofy????? - breakfastatme, Mon Jun 23 14:47:27 2003

RE: Is my female boxie being goofy????? - Rouen, Mon Jun 23 16:25:21 2003

RE: Is my female boxie being goofy????? - breakfastatme, Mon Jun 23 23:25:27 2003

Probably ready to lay eggs. - vidusa, Tue Jun 24 09:56:23 2003

What???? - breakfastatme, Tue Jun 24 10:29:52 2003

RE: Probably ready to lay eggs. - tortugas, Tue Jun 24 11:45:16 2003

Maybe because they are two different subspecies - more - tortugas, Tue Jun 24 10:56:29 2003

I not trying to breed them - breakfastatme, Tue Jun 24 11:43:43 2003

RE: I not trying to breed them - Rouen, Tue Jun 24 11:48:23 2003

RE: I not trying to breed them - tortugas, Tue Jun 24 12:25:33 2003

RE: I not trying to breed them - breakfastatme, Tue Jun 24 14:18:46 2003

RE: I not trying to breed them - nathana, Wed Jun 25 12:06:08 2003

They are nice looking turtles!!! - N/P - tortugas, Tue Jun 24 13:14:21 2003

RE: They are nice looking turtles!!! - N/P - breakfastatme, Wed Jun 25 22:47:00 2003

RE: Is my female boxie being goofy????? - nathana, Wed Jun 25 12:02:31 2003

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