I've recently picked up a turtle, i know its a box turtle but i dont know what kind. it has a red speckled face and yellow dots on the scales on its front legs. can anyone help me?
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I've recently picked up a turtle, i know its a box turtle but i dont know what kind. it has a red speckled face and yellow dots on the scales on its front legs. can anyone help me?
do you have a pic???
that would really help
Are you sure it's a box turtle? Does it look like this guy?
Fixed the link
It may be a yellow-footed tortoise? It's hard to tell without seeing him.
Karen- your link doesn't work
It looks like this one but with red spots on the head instead of orange and brown eyes www.carolinanature.com/herps/boxturtle.html
for some reason that won't load on my computer :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Karen
I really hope you know the difference between a turtle and tortoise because it sounds like you have a tortoise..
And if you put them in just water they will get the water in their shells and drown. And they need certain lighting on all day and a heat lamp and heat pad or they will die...didnt they tell you what it was before you bought it...
I am absolutely sure that it is a turtle. I didn't buy it I picked it up off the road because it almost got smashed. I know that it is a box turtle because it has a hinged shell that can close all the way and those are the only types of turtles that you see on the road where i live. And it can swim. It swam for 15 minutes today.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttercup132