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The Best Care for a Box Turtle
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How to Take Care of a Wild Turtle
How to Take Care of a Snapping Turtle
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Summary: Box turtles pull all of their body into their shell when they are scared to protect from predators. Take care of box turtles by giving them a lot of room and providing a moist environment with tips from a reptile specialist in this free video on turtle care.
"Hi, I'm James Dix from Reptile Rescue Service in Salt Lake City, Utah. We're discussing box turtles. This is an actual ornate box turtle, here. And a box turtle is different from a regular turtle or tortoise, because they're hinged on their shell. And as you can see as I close this up here, that protects him, and he'll pull all the way in. When they get spooked, they'll close all the way up, and that protects them from predators. Where on this Russian tortoise, he has to pull his head in and put his legs forward. His shell won't fold up, it's solid, one piece. The best set up for a box turtle, depending upon the species is, to give them enough room first of all. So if you had one this big, you usually want to get like a forty gallon, low profile breeder tank. For one of these guys. They need quite a bit of room, okay? You can put Eco in there, which is almost like a peat moss. They like to burrow, and usually want to go at least six or seven inches deep, and you can mix in some gravel with that, so that the peat moss isn't just, like, air. Keep it a little bit moist, and give them some rocks to climb around on. And they all need a water dish that's low profile. No higher than two inches. The ricotta-type pots that they sell flowers in garden stores like Lowe's and Home Depot, the little bowl that goes underneath it, the clay one, those work perfect. If you have a dish that's too deep, the turtle cannot get into it. And it also, if it does get in, it can drown. These are not an aquatic turtle, so they need to be able to get and out very easily."
eHow Article: The Best Care for a Box Turtle
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