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Arysta
at Sun Aug 15 14:58:10 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Arysta ]
I've had my box turtle for about a year now. I've experimented with giving him almost every fruit and vegetable I could find at the grocery store and it seems he will only eat corn and cataloupe with corn being his absolute favorite. I've also attempted to give him worms, crickets, box turtle food, and meal worms, but he refuses to eat any of those. I'm really starting to get worried that he is not getting enough nutrition.
I attempted to "starve him out" one time and attempted to force him to eat some box turtle food, but after several days (5 or so) he still refused to eat. I got overly worried, broke down and gave him some corn. Are corn and cantaloupe good enough? Is there anything I can do?
Sometimes I think of returning him to the wild, but I fear this would do more harm than good since I've had him for about a year now. I haven't read anything about reintegrating your turt into the wild after such a long period so I assume it's bad/impossible.
I did not originally remove him from the wild, a friend of mine took him off the road where he was about to get squashed and later pawned him off onto me. I enjoy him and always try to give him the best care, but if it would be better to let him go back to the wild I would not hesitate.
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 Feeding question - Arysta, Sun Aug 15 14:58:10 2004
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