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It rained on and off today, and my boxies have been taking full advantage of it. The rain has stirred up earthworms, so they've been having a feeding frenzy. The redfoots have been exceptionally active throught the day too, waddling in the mud. The sulcatas have been in their house all day today, so they probably won't eat until tomorrow.
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Cliff

My Collection:
0.1 Florida Box Turtle
2.2 Eastern Box Turtles
1.1 Ornate Box Turtle
0.0.1 Desert Ornate Box Turtle
1.1.1 Redfoot Tortoises
2.1 Russian Tortoises
1.0.1 African Sulcata Tortoises
1.0 Burmese Python
0.1 Virginia Opossum
1.0 German Boxer
1.0 Pit Bull
1.1 Chihuahuas

We've been getting a nice, steady rain all week. The boxies are enjoying, staying out in the open and doing a little nosing around for food. I've made it pretty easy for them though, cause this rain stirs up garden snails like crazy at my place and they've got two or three a day for the last three days. It's really cute watching the juvies struggle to get the bigger snails out, while my adult 3-Toed just bites them in half.

how do you feed snails?
The most predominate snail in my yard is an african snail. It is sometimes HUGE, maybe 4" long.
I step on them, shake most of the shell off and throw it in the pen. I never imagined that they could get the snail out on their own.
I have seen my Florida eating one, but not my 2 shy 3toed.
/p

>>We've been getting a nice, steady rain all week. The boxies are enjoying, staying out in the open and doing a little nosing around for food. I've made it pretty easy for them though, cause this rain stirs up garden snails like crazy at my place and they've got two or three a day for the last three days. It's really cute watching the juvies struggle to get the bigger snails out, while my adult 3-Toed just bites them in half.
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Patsy

Well how do you think they eat snails on their own in the wild! I just toss the snails in to my adult 3-toed and he literally crushes them in one bite. He usually eats half the shell in the process (which is great b/c of the calcium) and usually has a snail down in a few seconds.

For my juvies, again, I just throw them in. They go a different route, usually trying to root the snail out of the shell. But if I really see them struggling I help so they don't get discouraged and leave them. So I usually just take a rock and smash the snail a little, and they take care of the rest.

Ha - I never thought about it before!
thanks for the pix, now I get it...
mine must be getting some shell cuz I'm not picking if off really. Although I had mild concern about it hurting them while it went down.
BUT NOW, I have no concern.
Thanks for making my job easier Curtis.
I will just toss./p

>>Well how do you think they eat snails on their own in the wild! I just toss the snails in to my adult 3-toed and he literally crushes them in one bite. He usually eats half the shell in the process (which is great b/c of the calcium) and usually has a snail down in a few seconds.
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>>For my juvies, again, I just throw them in. They go a different route, usually trying to root the snail out of the shell. But if I really see them struggling I help so they don't get discouraged and leave them. So I usually just take a rock and smash the snail a little, and they take care of the rest.
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Patsy