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 #1820485


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 Hey guys!!!

I got two Eastern Box turtles on saturday. They are both guessing around 3-4 months. Anyway I didn’t know they were such amazing climbers!!! worries because I found them. Now they are inside in a naturalistic terrarium with live plants that was ment to be for crested geckos but now its theres. They are very outgoing as well. Anyway...I believe that they are both male(already have some red in there eyes and they have a semi concave plastrom) so will they eventually fight? I can always make another enclosure but I don’t want to itf I don’t have to.


Thanks!
08/05/08  12:30pm

 #1820549


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   Message To: Breeder   In reference to Message Id: 1820485


 Hey guys!!!

Maybe, maybe not...it depends.
let them grow together, and see how they go along.
08/05/08  01:43pm

 #1821470


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   Message To: RepticTay   In reference to Message Id: 1820549


 Hey guys!!!

Thanks.

Ok another dilema:

They are escaping out of the pens desighned for my tortoises. What is a good outdoor pen for a box turtle? like what is it made of?
08/06/08  09:46am

 #1821601


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   Message To: Breeder   In reference to Message Id: 1821470


 Hey guys!!!

if they’re still small just use an indoor rabbit cage?
these are great combinations of indoor and outdoor pens, i currently use that for my tortoises until my grandparents have finished building the extention to then outter-house for my grandfathers work room.

ITs either that or put a base on their pen and put some lining in it to prevent rotting the wood, and then fill it with soil or whatever boxies have.
08/06/08  12:31pm

 #1821793


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   Message To: RepticTay   In reference to Message Id: 1821601


 Hey guys!!!

hmm...I’ll do that later. For now they are ok in there tort table with live plants. They LOVE to burrow. The go all the way down the 6 inches. lol. Eco earth/spaghnum moss substrate. Eco on the top with the moss underneath. Each about 3 inches.
08/06/08  02:57pm

 #1821819


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   Message To: Breeder   In reference to Message Id: 1821793


 Hey guys!!!

Quote:

worries because I found them.



you got them from the wild?
08/06/08  03:22pm

 #1821873


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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1821819


 Hey guys!!!

No I found them when they escaped lol.
08/06/08  03:58pm

 #1822326


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   Message To: Breeder   In reference to Message Id: 1821873


 Hey guys!!!

i’m almost positive they will fight when they get a bit older,if they already haven’t.
from what I’ve observed males are extremely territorial and hate any and all other males around them or their territory.
i know how territorial they are because i will bring a wild one(that i usually find wandering around my yard) around to my male’s cage and even the sight of another male get him all pumped up and angry(i always let them go afterward). so you might want to seperate them soon or whenever you see fighting going on.
08/06/08  10:17pm

 #1823026


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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1822326


 Hey guys!!!

that depends gottee guy, i have herd of many pair or even group of males living happily together for years and years.
Tortoises & Turtles including boxies.

Like i say, if thye haven’t fort just yet, see how they go along for now!
08/07/08  03:53pm

 #1823056


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   Message To: RepticTay   In reference to Message Id: 1823026


 Hey guys!!!

they also might not show it, by being stressed out.
08/07/08  04:13pm

 #1823716


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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1823056


 Hey guys!!!

well, sometimes that happens.
othertimes they fight.
and other times they live happily together, and do their usual critter things by eating, soaking, digging, climbing, and being the usual active happy turtles/tortoises.

i guess it depends.
08/08/08  05:28am


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