Box Turtle Facts!

[@belizeguy]

At 5, my Dad and I found my first Box Turtle. 61 years later they are still in my home, only now, I live in the Yucatan of Mexico. Miss the Eastern's and other US varieties. Super video again! Thanks

[@iPervy]

Got my first pet which was a box turtle during my 5th grade! Over 20 years later I still got it, and love it all the same (actually more so). Will say though.. Its eerie how they seem like they forever frozen in time. My 3toed boxy is almost the exact same as it was back when I first got it all those years ago.

[@8thsheet407]

How old are you?

[@kgmc29]

You should be able to find a species of box turtle called yucatan box turtle. but they are rare

[@belizeguy]

@@kgmc29 Thanks, but I am already breeding them. Such a neat turtle to work with.

[@kgmc29]

@@belizeguy im trying to get him into my house from my backyard

[@IAmAKay]

Speaking of escaping three toed box turtles, the way I got my girl was in San Diego she was running across an extremely busy street in the middle of a large suburb covered in mud. I hope it was an escape situation and not that someone released her. I've had her for 20 years and she is awesome.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Unfortunately I accidentally deleted the first upload of this video but here it is for real this time! Thank you so much to everyone who was leaving comments the first time around. I greatly appreciate every single one of you.

[@minibuns5397]

Hey there I just found your channel! My friend found an eastern box turtle and brought it home. It’s in an big empty water trough about 3 feet by 3 feet with soil. He put mealworms tomatoes and lettuce in there with it. The turtle looks sluggish. Is it true that they die when brought home from the wild??? Thanks buddy these videos are really great 👍

[@minibuns5397]

@Garden State Tortoise Hey there your channel is awesome! My friend found an eastern box turtle and brought it home. It’s in an big empty water trough about 3 feet by 3 feet with soil. He put mealworms tomatoes and lettuce in there with it. The turtle looks sluggish. Is it true that they die when brought home from the wild??? Thanks buddy these videos are really great 👍

[@mindygillmor6541]

Mini Buns on

[@NeuKrofta]

@@minibuns5397 you don't even know how to care for turtles or know that you should leave them in the wild yet you are organizing people to create turtle hybrids to release into the Everglades? Are you fucking serious...

[@steeltoeboots9591]

Omg I made a pond in my neighbors backyard and we found 5 of them hanging out eating strawberries. Only 1 of them we knew Franklin the rest just popped up out of nowhere.

[@tinawindham6958]

Franklins homies👍🏻

[@soaringhawkjaylorihaack6339]

Been a fan of the Ornate Box Turtle for years, but really appreciate the beauty and behaviors of Easterns and Florida Boxies. Great information!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks and Ornates will be in my newest episode coming out this weekend!

[@MPam1619]

I saw an Eastern Box Turtle here in Durham while out walking early one morning! He was beautiful with orange polka dots on his legs and a batik looking carapace. He'd fallen off a curb near a wooded elementary school yard. I was afraid of him, but managed to pick him up and place him in the cool, dewy grass figuring he'd do better minus the concrete on what was forecast to be a scorching day. I didn't know he was a member of an endangered species until looking him up on youtube. Thanks for your video!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks for helping him! Never any reason to fear a turtle 😌

[@tinawindham6958]

Lol ..I’m 61 and love turtles at least 50 years. Never been but until last week. He bit me twice! He would bite me more if I got close to him. He’s flat out scary and I rescued him from this concrete drainage ditch that goes out to the bay. His head /neck was swollen where he couldn’t pull his head in. I removed 8 bot fly maggots. He’s still mad at me or just hates me . I thought this is a rare thing for sure. But he’s like my shitzu, he has that mouth opened and head high and ready to chomp! He’s pretty big,2. Hard to hold him with one hand. He’s good now back to nature…..

[@tinawindham6958]

Never been bit

[@jackpepper2501]

Cutest and the coolest on the planet. Awesome stuff! Thanks for sharing Chris

[@scv37807]

You are the most knowledgeable person I’ve ever seen. Thank you ~!!

[@meredithgrubb7027]

I love box turtles and save them from the road all the time.

[@jackpepper2501]

Beautiful amazing work. Nature at its best. Top Notch awesome stuff of my favorite Turtles. Thanks for sharing Chris.

[@maxmal9375]

I was in Virginia and we found a box turtle trying to cross the road. We stopped and moved it to the other side and just watched her go her way

[@justinclark968]

Wait a minute in Chesapeake?

[@justinclark968]

I found on in the road last year and I kept it and it’s in his tank

[@jessieschnell9919]

You are so knowledgeable about all species! Thank you for sharing these awesome facts! Box turtles are beautiful! Great video!!!

[@yortsemloh1156]

A box turtle laid her eggs on the side of a hill here where water flows heavily during rain. I put bricks around the nest so that hopefully they won’t wash away. It hasn’t rained here in over a week so should I pour some water over the nest so they don’t dry out?

[@3toedboxturtles]

Great video! I have 6 three toed box turtles (one I've had since 1987) and they're my best friends!

[@anandmohammed7375]

I just rescued one. Could you help me out with the proper care for them? Very hard to find good information for them

[@markdasilva4726]

Great fun video

[@langenandanimals]

I love this. Box turtles are my favorite animals.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Some of my faves too, thanks for watching!

[@andrielisilien]

It's little Mikey 🧡🐢

[@gutterhalo]

I love your turtle collection

[@GardenStateTortoise]

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[@johnalessi6004]

I have found one with a fully yellow shell but the legs and head had black. There’s also alligator snapping turtle population in TR NJ.

[@soul.calibur]

I live in Coahuila and own 6 box turtles native to Coahuila

[@brandy4428]

I have 2 rescue eastern box turtles both female and they are lovely companions.

[@scrapbookboxing1094]

Hello Great channel. Question. Iv always had a found joy for Box and wood titles I have the out door enclosure for them how am I able to own a pair of each?.

[@noongourfain]

I think you can call this guy if you have not already.

[@rmontalvo64]

Great informative video. Love your channel❤️🐢🐢🐢🐢

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you so much!

[@anthonywilson2335]

Great video and great music, too!

[@josephfeeley9443]

I really enjoyed this!!!

[@jenniferbeasley2397]

Thanks again very interesting cool turtles 👍💚🐢

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks for watching!

[@CoconutJoe1999]

Your channel inspires me I am starting my own channel under construction, boxturtlecultre. I have 3 three toed box turtles and have been trying to get a juvenile diamondback terrapin since March without having any luck, have any ideas. Keep doing what you're doing it helps.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you so much, I’m working as fast as I can!

[@chrismaurina5260]

I grew up in queens ny but when I was a kid I used to love goin to my cousins house in Suffolk county Long Island because we would go in the woods and find box turtles,toads,garter snakes and salamanders sadly where they lived is now developed so I doubt there’s too many left this was in the 80’s

[@moviedog1]

I live directly in the Middle of Missouri, and I did not know we had state Turtle. I live in the middle of now where, nearest town 20 minutes away. I see these turtles all the time.

[@MsPenguin227]

So beautiful!!!! Thank you so much!!!!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

No, thank you for watching!

[@LidiaRandomLife]

Very informative

[@LadyDuhhhh]

Love 💘 box turtles, a blessing from God

[@zmetroplayz2456]

Yeah 💘

[@ariannamadoshus4995]

They sure are

[@GardenStateTortoise]

They sure are amazing!

[@richardhincemon9423]

😁😍😍😎

[@Bluesidian]

aww, they sure are. I just hate when people use them to pay their bills....

[@andrewduran8365]

Box turtles are native in Colorado where I live I see them on the road all the time

[@noongourfain]

Please help them get to the other side in the direction they are traveling....

[@yorgdridgeblern3550]

Chris my female three toed box turtle is mounting my male... I know I’m not confused because I have had them for years and have seen them in the opposite positions.. Is this common or..... what?

[@GardenStateTortoise]

It is actually! A lot of people don’t realize that female turtles and tortoises will exhibit male behaviors as well :)

[@yorgdridgeblern3550]

@@GardenStateTortoise Thanks Chris I watched the vid where you said she could be holding and I separated them for awhile. Love the channel. We’ve met at a couple of expos in Pennsylvania and you were always friendly and helpful with the info.

[@tinawindham6958]

I didn’t know that either but I just saw a male “fan” the other day. First I thought he was having a BM, then he did it again so I thought “prolapse, 911!!!”…I looked it up and he’s just fine😉👍🏻🤦‍♀️

[@Bulldog2108]

Absolutley fantastic episode. The most comprehensive video I have ever seen on box turtles and a pleasure to watch. I have messaged you in instagram but I appreciate you have a lot of followers so it wont be easy to even realise. I would really like a little bit if advice on building and sorting an out door enclosure for eastern box turtles and spotted turtles in the uk if you have a chance. Thanks again! P.s I'd love videos on care/diet and natural history of all the species you keep but especially spotteds!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

All this info is coming I promise!!

[@peep39]

We have a captive bred 3 toed, ornate, and eastern. They are all friends and live together. The eastern (Sparky - F) is the most inquisitive and outgoing, the ornate (Shelly - M) is the most amorous, and the 3 toed (Koopa - F) is by far the most shy but also the most careful and soulful. They are all adorable and very intelligent. Smarter than most people would imagine, I think. They are also beautiful and enjoyable creatures. I really enjoyed your video because it reminded me of our babies

[@MrDoctor-gd7eh]

Hi can you make more box turtle video? Box turtle are one of my favorite reptile.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Yes, my newest episode that’ll be out this weekend is all about box turtles as well!

[@waynerose6258]

You are doing a great job caring for my hard shell friends. I have two box turtles and I want to identify them. Can I send you pictures?

[@ljjordan1518]

My dog brought me an Eastern box turtle today from the woods. Thank goodness it was okay and quickly went back to the brush after 20 minutes. I guess she brought it to me as a gift lol.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Ha! Probably did!

[@tinawindham6958]

Much better than what cats give you😩

[@robertj2268]

You guys got any baby eastern box turtles available?

[@ThePrincePanhandler]

*I'll go ahead and ask the obvious question which was asked on the previous upload: I don't see ornates, do you not have any currently?*

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Kuji Chagulia As I stated at the begin of the video, any subspecies not included was because we did not currently have them in our facility but when and if I have them again we will cover them in future episodes and I only use my own content of animals I have in my possession. I have kept ornate and desert box many times and that’s why there are photos of ornates in the Florida box turtle part of the episode but they were from the past.

[@michaell660]

Just want to say it another time lol :) I love the Floridas, only have seen three in my life here. One time one was bobbing down a river, struggling to swim to shore, on the river we were boating on. The current was too fast for me to grab it and put it back onto land. The surrounding habitat was perfect box turtle habitat, lush, marshy, forest. Still wonder why it went into a river with a current. Hope it managed to return to land safely, and not too far away from its home range.

[@ariannamadoshus4995]

Wish i could get a Florida box turtle but i don't live in Florida

[@GardenStateTortoise]

That’s pretty crazy but, I’m sure it’s fine!

[@robdritops1789]

This is a greateful video

[@kevinstrange60]

Is it fine if your box turtle eats worms or nightcrawlers but doesn’t eat any fruit or vegetables. Is that good for a baby box Turtle

[@jessicaparlett4761]

Did you ever find out?

[@ariannamadoshus4995]

Can i just say thank you i was so confused to why the babies weren't as colorful and i was also not sure of what natural substances to put in there tank and i know to put a nice water place for my turtle and look forward to him getting bigger

[@GardenStateTortoise]

I’m glad this cleared that up for you!

[@eannemarieweber5285]

Your videos have put me to ease as my eastern box turtle has went underground for winter in her out door pin! I have had her for 12 years now and this is the first! They truly are amazing!!!! Ps I'm in Florida , so I guest this is cake for her 😆

[@ML.80]

I got a problem. I bought 4 captive bred Terrapene. c. carolina babies last year in august. I cannot get them to eat properly, they may only some mealworms sometimes. I tried everything, berries, green leafs, liver, cat food, boiled chicken, shrimps...they don't eat anything. They just run and hide. I covered all sides of the terrarium so they don't get scared. Got the right temperature, lighting, humidity. Can anyone get me some tips?

[@YSLRD]

Get some baby food carrots and disslove it in their water dish which I assume is big enough to climb into. Be sure to clean it back to water after a day. Also, get some vitamin dust for their food. Mine love boiled eggs. They need a cool spot and a warm spot and reptile light bulbs.

[@YSLRD]

Also, the youngsters are mostly carnivore. Try baked sweet potatoes and maybe separate them.

[@joemcneela9552]

WORMS Regula Worms! Earth worms

[@GardenStateTortoise]

As babies they are almost strictly carnivores. Try chopping up earthworms and keeping the turtles in very shallow water with high humidity. I explain this in detail in my newest episode that’ll be out this weekend on this channel. Stay tuned.

[@reeceprice]

I have a female ornate desert box turtle. How do I go about breeding her?

[@GardenStateTortoise]

You’d have to locate a captive bred male and get them on a proper annual cycle. Box turtles if any kind respond to seasonal triggers and often that means giving them at least some period of dormancy.

[@12inmemphis]

Does any1 know a good captive breeding eastern box turtle seller? I'm looking to get my 5 year old turtle a companion to add some stimulation to her environment

[@embracenreborns6997]

Very educational I actually love them all . Can you show a proper Chinese box turtle hatchling set up this is what I want to get next . Thanks in advance 👀💚🐢🐢🐢

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks! And yes, I’ll be including Chinese box turtles in my next full episode.

[@dhanusree.sambangi710]

My box turtle is really different, we can see 3 turtles in one turtle, what type of species they are, and where they live, and how to feed and take care of them?? Please say

[@rafaelpadilla99]

Fantastic video 😍

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks 😊

[@barbhelle5481]

My Otis t shirt came in yesterday. We sadly do not see as many box turtles as twenty years ago.

[@Buntulla]

at what rate do 3 toed box turtles generally grow? I have a 2 year old box turtle in seemingly good health she’s very active and her shell is very smooth because I have her outside. She weighs about 90 grams which hasn’t changed much in the last 4 months. I’m wondering if I should feed her more. I feed her twice a week generally either worms or crickets and then the third time she gets fed cantaloupe or strawberry. So 2/3 bugs 1/3 fruit.

[@tinawindham6958]

No greens?

[@Buntulla]

@@tinawindham6958 she lives outside so she has constant access to dandelions and stuff she eats the dandelions a lot. Btw she weighs like 130grams now

[@Peggysue661]

great job!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks!

[@jessicaparlett4761]

Can someone please tell me how can I keep a Gulf Coast box turtle inside, and what do I feed him? Am I supposed to put him in water or can I leave him with all the grass, logs etc.,

[@TheaLegins]

this video is really good and it's about my favorite turtle the box turtles

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you for watching!

[@billgross2097]

I rescued eastern box 🐢 in NJ for years. Most were injured and able to be rehabilitated back to health and able to be released. Two never were and have been with me for twenty years. They became to dependent before returning to mostly full health. All these turtles were displaced by man. Next time a housing development, shopping center, or even land is cleared for any project please make sure it is the last resort. These guys are all suffering from loss of habitat and populations are dwindling severely. I think we've done enough damage to the environment and nature.

[@noongourfain]

I grew up in NJ and saw so much development and suburban sprawl built. I never got ticks bites when I was a kid. ONE TICK BITE MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD PLAYING OUTSIDE! I think this was because: 1. There were lots of animals that ate ticks, opossum and pheasants and other birds like bobwhites. 2. You were allowed to burn off your lawn which my grandmother did every fall for hygiene reasons. 3. People hunted deer and rabbits and pheasants...... Deer and rabbits are now over populated, covered in ticks and you shouldn't eat them like we used to do. Now you can't go into any tall grass or brush area in NJ without getting instantly covered in ticks of all types. BAD LAND MANAGEMENT.

[@spartanacademy6687]

Love the video; however, these are tortoises, or am I wrong?

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you but no, these are in fact turtles, not tortoises.

[@thefritta3118]

I need to get a pic of the turtle at the pond by me, it was certainly bigger than 8inches. I wanna say the tail was over 8 inches

[@michelle120741]

Do u have any box turtles for cell

[@brandonbreaux1296]

I hope someone notices this as I’m not sure where else to find answers, so here it goes: I came across this video going down a box turtle rabbit hole. I had always wanted to find one in the wild, but I’ve had no such luck. It led me to notice something I often see on range maps for box turtles. In the video at the time stamp 12:11 there is an area along the south central edge of Louisiana that seems devoid of box turtles. I have field guides from the 80’s that show there are three box turtles that can be found around that area that overlap one another but shows the same devoid area around Vermilion Bay. Could anyone explain this? Why is it that is the one place where box turtles seemingly refuse to go? It can’t be that it’s too dry, or there would be ornate or three-toed box turtles. It can’t be that it’s too wet or there’d be gulf coast box turtles. So what’s going on?

[@sth5697]

Can’t believe you managed to get Rise Mikey for this video

[@MK4.GUILLERMO]

Hey my eastern box turtle isint opening his mouth he hasn't ate in 2 weeks he's alive but do you know what I can do for him

[@GardenStateTortoise]

I’d get him to a vet quickly. It can be a number of things.

[@MK4.GUILLERMO]

@@GardenStateTortoise thanks but he litterly just ate I found out he only eats in the natural areas

[@crystalhufflepufftheluckyt2758]

Go Mikey 🧡🐢

[@lilbosst4738]

had mine for 3 yrs and he’s still alive and kicking

[@isaacchaney2971]

We found a box turtle with red eyes and it's back leg was missing it was an old injury though

[@rsohlich1]

Please leave these turtles in the wild. If you help them cross the road please let them go in the direction they were headed and not turned around. They need to stay in their habitat. They are beautiful turtles! Thanks :)

[@GardenStateTortoise]

That’s correct. Captive bred animals must stay in responsible situations and serve their own purpose in preserving the species but wild turtles should always be left wild. 👍🏻

[@that_guy_cj]

I remember having a box turtle when I was 7

[@sahilhossain9214]

Isn’t the Malaysian box turtle / cuora amboinensis the most aquatic box turtle out of all?? Correct me if I’m wrong . Thanks

[@twoturtletom]

Sahil Hossain Chris‘s video is only referring to our North American box turtles in the genus Terrapene, the Asian box turtles are a whole different animal, but amazing none the less!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

The most aquatic box turtle in the world is the actual aquatic box turtle also Known as the Coahuilan box turtle. Thanks for watching!

[@lucaszhao7492]

can i buy one from you？ i like this very much

[@focuslee]

Hi, can I please send you a picture of my Box Turtle so you can tell me what kind of box turtle she is?

[@Lord_KT]

Send me the pic, I can id it for you if you don't already know.

[@gloriasimons2979]

Heyyy im in nj also !!! I just got a box turtle 🐢 about a week and a half ago hes so cool

[@GardenStateTortoise]

NJ proud!

[@billysmalls6850]

Do they really spend their life looking for their home if moved outside of it?

[@kristasmith-schuster6643]

What if you find a box turtle far far far away from any natural water sources??

[@kristasmith-schuster6643]

I want to put it back where he was but was worried cause there’s no water close by closest lake is like a 2-3 hour walk by humans

[@aaronconley4484]

How about the ornate box Turtle

[@StingraySteve]

This is a super large Fl Box he lives in my lot next to the house. I run to him and another one all the time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3nTpWmOjsplZqs

[@dads_diy]

Here in WV these are EVERYWHERE.

[@gutterhalo]

I want a turtle now

[@rayfridley6649]

Isn't there a western box turtle?

[@fhannaf]

This message is brought to you by the Grant Florida Box Turtle Defense League. If you see a Box Turtle don’t pick it up and bring it home cause you think it would make a nice pet. They aren’t pets and are currently in real peril. Reproduction of Box Turtles is very iffy at best. When you take a Turtle out of the wild you are removing a breeding individual from possibly being able to add to the species. Box turtles don’t have huge ranges and may spend their whole lives within 2 square miles. When you move them it puts real stresses on them. Teach your kids not to pick them up. They will get warts (not really but if I thought that this wouldn’t keep them from picking them up because of this lie I will continue to perpetuate it).

[@龜公龜婆龜仔]

so cute

[@xcrats8481]

I have a eastern box turtle

[@ariannamadoshus4995]

Finally someone who has one got anytips planning on adopting a baby

[@乐多养]

How to buy a Box turtle

[@markuscameron6958]

Here in Missouri, we can't own any animal that is from Missouri. ( I call it Misery )

[@BlackyBrownDestruction9337]

Where's the best box turtle, the ornate?

[@gepiedeanielebugtong1360]

can i have some of them

[@yodokieuchan8069]

I found a box turtle Earlier

[@nutmeg5]

Where’s Otis?

[@samamsterdam4301]

My Female Desert Box Turtle Diego has orange eyes...They're gorgeous! I thought she was a male at first and I named her Diego and I don't want to changer her name now that I found out he's a she. There's no female version of the name Diego but I suppose Diego does come from the same base name as the French female name "Jacques." I like Diego better for her plus as an Autistic Person I don't like things changing too much.

[@CodfishCatfish]

Less than 1 minutes into this video and it started showing adverts...... stopped watching and certainly didn’t click on the advert...... KZbin killed another video with over advertising..... BS

[@jgnorit]

Are Box turtles turtles or tortoises?

[@THEGREATPPNATION]

Turtles

[@KrytoRift]

Just watched another doc that said only males have red eyes and the turtle ONLY lives on land. I stopped watching after a couple minutes lol

[@esentional]

Breaking New! Florida box turtle somehow kills an alligator!

[@tinawindham6958]

Whattttt???

[@lakeshabryant9107]

Do turtles 🐢 regenerate?😢 my pet rats 🐀 attacked my turtle 🐢

[@DarthGengarus]

Nope

[@animaleducationwithcoleshi5481]

GST -

[@GardenStateTortoise]

??

[@animaleducationwithcoleshi5481]

@@GardenStateTortoise Not sure what happened. I shared a link to a video I did with Southern Illinois University where we radio-tracked box turtles; here is the link if you are interested in viewing it - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpjJhayVgd9qntk

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Awesome thanks for sharing that!

[@animaleducationwithcoleshi5481]

@@GardenStateTortoise You're welcome, glad you enjoyed the video!

[@ctricanguy]

How about why are they called box turtles you donut!