tips on taking care of a box turtle
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Box turtles are a great pet for beginners as they can be a lifelong pet when properly cared. Here we have shared few tips to keep your Box turtle healthy and happy
•Create an Outdoor Enclosure - Box turtles are wild animals that live outside. Hence create a safe place to live in your yard. It should have a high fence to make it predator proof, plenty of places to hide, no pesticides or Snarol and shallow bowls of water to soak in.
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•Feeding – Box Turtles eat worms, snails, slugs and other small insects as well as some green vegetation. So if your garden does not have enough for your box turtle to eat, then buy some superworms at the local pet store and let him eat as many as he wants every day.
•Hibernation – These turtles hibernate depending upon where you live and what kind of turtle you own. Turtles will stop eating during hibernation and a suitable place has to be provided. They need moisture so do not hibernate them in a box in your house.
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•Illness –They normally close up their hinge when disturbed. If you can pull open the bottom shell easily with your finger and the turtle is acting sluggish, has nasal or eye discharge, has swollen eyes or has stopped eating, you need to see a vet. Ensure that you see a reptile vet who knows all about turtles.
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• Incubation of Eggs – Your turtle may start and stop digging for several days before it finds the spot it likes to lay eggs. If you want to hatch them yourself, carefully dig them up, keeping them in the direction that they were laid. Put them in vermiculite with a baby food size jar of water buried next to them. Wrap with plastic, put on top of the frig or other warm place and wait three months.
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