Our Eastern Box turtle appears to have dry skin right now. We didn’t hibernate him this year as he lives in our house and thinks he’s people. He lives in a cut off 55 gallon plastic drum about 10 inches high with a heat rock and bed of beast substrate to retain moisture/humidity, and can get out whenever he wants to. He gets a bath every night and appears to like to swim or wad around for an hour or so. My wife usually dries him off and he walks around the house or sits in our bay window watching the birds in our feeder. He eats about an inch or so of a banana and an occasional night crawler just about every day or so. If that’s not enough
He also has his own heat pillow to sit in the bay window and my wife wraps him in a dishcloth and sits him down on the desk while she types letters, as I said this turtle thinks he’s people.
Getting back to my original question about his dryness is it ok to put Vaseline on his arms and legs or something else? My wife put some of her Nivea Lotion on him, we’re waiting to see what happens.
Thank you in advance for the response, I just wanted you to know what our turtle means to us and why we appreciate the Box Turtle forum.
Thank you very much Norristhenut
