Hello all, I was just given what I believe to be a 3-toed box turtle from someone who could no longer care for him. I have 15 years of experience in colubrids, iguanas & geckos, but none in box turtles. I have gathered info from other boxie sites and read the FAQ provided here under the features tab, but toook it w/ a grain of salt as it hasn't been updated since 1997.
I'm attaching some photos, you can see this poor guy really needs to be cleaned up. I won't go in to detail about the horrors I found in the cage that was provided for him, just that everything was cleaned w/ both bleach and chlorhexidine (seperately). He's got 2 hides, a large water bowl & a couple of river rocks to climb over. My temp gun shows his basking spot to be 88, and the cool side to be 76. I don't have any way (yet) to measure the humidity, but it's high enough that condensation forms on the glass.
I would really appreciate any advice that you can give, especially on beak & claw trimming and ideal substrate for his cage.

Sorry about posting a novel, but thank you for reading!

Wayne









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