Can water turtles (especially hatchlings and juveniles) drown if the water is too deep?
This was typed up with the intent for the care of Eastern Box Turtles with them being the primary box turtle I have had the experience of working with over the years. Box Turtles all have enough similarities that this guide will cover them. This is just meant to set up a frame work on how to...
This thread is now about " Does high nitrite content in water affect turtles?" We're no longer talking about specifically DBT, but water turtles in general. Everyone has a right to post their opinion on this subject.
Turtles are actually kind of like sturgeon, which are some of the biggest fish in the world. Both turtle and sturgeon wait until they can get as big as they can so that they can really produce a lot of eggs. The more eggs they can produce, the better their offspring's chances at survival.
I finally have my BSF grub larvae bin ready for the summer! For those who don't know Black Soldier Fly larvae are exceptional feeders for fish, chickens, birds, amphibians, and of course reptiles....i.e. Box turtles. The reason is due to the nutritional value they contain... calcium : phosphorus...
This is a follow up to the thread about red-cheeks with some more detail about how I've kept them. Much of this will apply to other types of mud turtle and there are a lot of photos here of striped mud turtles. Since about 1980 I have converted aquariums into 'aqua-terrariums' by dividing the...
I recently saw an ad on either fauna classifieds or king snake advertising hybrid (interspecific) box turtles. I think they were a cross between flabts and obts. I think that intentional hybridizing should be avoided as it represents a threat to the genetic integrity of the captive populations...