Eastern Box Turtle

Eastern Box Turtles use to be very common in the Mid-Atlantic region but its numbers are in decline due to habitat destruction and the pet trade.


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[lollipopthetalkindog]

Wow, I found my eastern box turtle one in the road and one my dog saved from the heat, I keep them in a tank with a fertalizer nearby the sun a little, because once a while they need heat

[MissElectricEyeliner]

I really didn't have much of a choice but to keep mine as a pet. In the summer here it got over 100 degrees, and all the water and creeks had dried up. By watching this I've found out mine is a baby girl. I only kept her because I was afraid she would die out in the hot weather with no water.

[ohsolamejames]

thers box turtles where i live i put veggies for em  and meal worms they love em lol

[plectrumleaves]

box turtles are wonderful little animals. I hate to see their habitat constantly being destroyed. I've seen quite a number flattened on the roads.

[Demi7770]

i saved my boxturtle i live in the texas region .he was in the street eating a cupcake or somrthing so a car passed by and i ran really quick to get him i named him edward cause he looks alike like robert patisson (Edward Cullen)he has red eyes and his really fast!! i luv him so much but i do let him walk around my yard about everyday or when i have time

[underkor]

@0:51 it pee pees :)

[plsmoviemaker1]

my box turtle looks just like those but her shell has no yellow on it...also she was running around outside and she got steped on...there r chips on the side of her shell and two small raised up places on her shell...im not really sure wat is going on or wat i need to do....so can anyone give me some advice...i cant take her to the vet because my family has very little money

[sunshineashie]

I found a turtle just last Sunday, and we take care of him for now, but soon we will release him back to a better place, other than the city.

[Lavos2007]

@MarioKartFan2132 im in Lynchburg Virginia, they used to be common here but their habitats are constantly being destroyed to make housing and other human areas, my eastern box turtle was from the wild, and he wasnt the only one living in that huge field behind my parents house, but about 14 years ago bulldozers moved in, so i took him from his burrow so he wouldnt get killed, sadly he was the only one i knew where he lived, but he's healthy and is pretty friendly with me now, after 14 years

[Lavos2007]

@katlynn150 im afraid ArtistZamira is right, if your turtle is from the wild itd likely be alot happier there, i have an Eastern Box turtle which i rescued from a field right before the place got bulldozed, even though my turtle is becoming friendly and active around me after 14 years, i know he would much prefer to be in his home in the field, sadly the place was destroyed, and possibly other turtles died from it, he wasnt the only Eastern Box back there, but he's one i knew where he lived