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Here is a picture of a small part of my family: "Seven Eastern Boxs", I hope that a few of the females lay eggs this year. This picture was taken in the morning after a little rain, I had just given them 25 large night crawlers, they love worms and chasing crickets. They all seem to eat very well, I give them crickets or worms one day, and fruit or veggies the next day. Most of these box turtles are from friends and /or family who had them as pets and no longer could care for them. The others are rescues. One was being used as a chew toy by my bosses dog. The other had been living in my mom's fenced in garden for quite a few years, and now the garden is being built over and she was pretty much tame and a pet to begin with. I hope you all enjoy the picture and if anyone has any breeding tips please fill me in.

Very pretty group!
Was the one that was a dog chew toy hurt or did it get taken away from the dog before anything bad happened?

(I'm always curious about that kind of thing since we have 2 that were hurt by dogs & 1 that almost was)
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PHRatz

If you look at the smallest one in the pic, it's a little girl and thats the one that the dog chewed on. The shell has been chewed away up to the spots where it meets with the skin, the owner put a cream on it that the vet gave him until it grew over and is now healed, but they did not want to get rid of the dog so they gave up the turtle. It cant close up air tight anymore because the overlaping pieces of shell atre missing in the back, but she seems happy and healthy. I will hopefully be able to care for her and the others for years and years to come.

It's great that she didn't have much damage from the dog.
Our Shell E who was dog chewed has scars on her back too but I say they just add character to her looks.

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PHRatz

She is very pretty, I really like all of your animals, I wish I had as much room as you do for my Sulcatas. We are still working on our 10 acres. So Hopefully someday soon. talk to you later.