With proper husbandry and diet a 2 inch long baby box turtle will grow to be 8 to 9 inches and live 30 to 40 years in captivity.
Baby box turtle care.
Once you set the perfect enclosure for them pick a diet rich in protein minerals and vitamins for a baby box turtle.
Desert box turtle picture by sean o connor.
Baby box turtle care.
Enclosure and diet is an important thing to keep in mind.
Here are a few tips for keeping the eastern box turtle terrapene carolina carolina alive and well in captivity including care of the hatchlings first off this is not an easy species to keep when compared to others and i would never recommend this one to a first timer at keeping turtles.
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Alternatively build an indoor enclosure out of plywood or concrete.
Medical care for baby box turtles.
The first thing to know about bringing baby box turtle care is that you should absolutely wait until your hatchling is bright and active and eating heartily on its own before you take your new pet home which will mean it is at least 30 days old.
There isn t much a veterinarian can do for a tiny turtle.
A cluster of our baby eastern box turtles.
To care for your box turtle build an outdoor enclosure out of wooden planks that s at least 4 feet by 6 feet and bigger for more than one turtle.
Notice the shell pattern variation.
Baby box turtle needs a lot of care.
The habitat that served your baby box turtles will suit one or two adult females.
Care for juvenile and adult box turtles is similar to caring for a baby box turtle.
You can thaw these out and give them to your turtle.
They can live outside or inside depends on the temperature.
In this video i will go over exactly what to do to keep your baby box turtle happy and healthy and how to provide them a good life.
If you look at your new baby box turtle and you can still see the egg tooth on the end of its beak nose or you turn your turtle over and you can.
Normal sized mice are too big for a box turtle but pet stores keep frozen baby mice as a food option for small reptile that cannot eat adult mice.
If your baby box turtle does gets sick for example it stops eating or its eyes become swollen shut or its shell begins to deform you need to examine your rearing technique.
If you have multiple baby turtles in the same home then the size of the enclosure will need to be bigger.
For the substrate combine topsoil with leaves so your turtle has something to dig into and mist the enclosure daily so it stays.