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garrett
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 Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:27 am Post subject: my box turtle will not eat |
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| a friend found a eastern box turtle on a road and brought it to me to rescue it its been about two weeks and it still has not eaten anything tried greens and fruit and worms nothing what sould i do |
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ali ss
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:00 am Post subject: |
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maybe it's just shy it needs some time. when i first got my turtles
they didn't eat for 3 days . just put his food
near him an give him some privacy.
good luck with your turt  |
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ali ss
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:05 am Post subject: |
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maybe it's just shy it needs some time. when i first got my turtles
they didn't eat for 3 days . just put his food
near him an give him some privacy.
good luck with your turt |
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turtles1
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| Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:52 am Post subject: |
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| i have one 2 make them fruits that he would get from the woods and get some worms that move alot make sure to have a water dish. |
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dixieee
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| Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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try living foods and strawberries. btw, it's a wild turtle so is there anything wrong with it? i suggest u put it back cz wild turtles aren't good pets + would u like being trapped after living freely? i know it's not easy to give it up but think about the turtle
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo
so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint
5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u |
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garrett
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:05 am Post subject: |
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| dixieee wrote: | | try living foods and strawberries. btw, it's a wild turtle so is there anything wrong with it? i suggest u put it back cz wild turtles aren't good pets + would u like being trapped after living freely? i know it's not easy to give it up but think about the turtle |
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you do not know what you are saying i have over 40 saved turtles some hit by cars some almost dead on the side of the road many have been released back to the wild i will not release this turtle until it is eating and is heathy enough to survive in the wild putting a land turtle in an unkown outdoor habitat can be deadly to the poor turtle i was hoping someone may have had this problem with other turtles before i bring it to the vet i was hoping this site would have some knoledgeable people not smartasses how would you like being put out in the wild when you are sick and need some help |
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garrett
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:09 am Post subject: |
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| turtles1 wrote: | | i have one 2 make them fruits that he would get from the woods and get some worms that move alot make sure to have a water dish. |
thank you for your reply i have tried to give it all types of fruit and worms nothing seems to intrest this turtle into eating i dont know what the vet can do for the poor trhing not eating at all i witry some other foods to help it eat if you think of anything that might help i am sure the turtle will be grateful |
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dixieee
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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watch ur mouth and i do know what i'm saying k? stop being a what u called one urself..oh an learn how to spell knowledgeable b4 considering urself one!!
save ur reply, i won't be arguing with a kid
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo
so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint
5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u |
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garrett
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| dixieee wrote: | watch ur mouth and i do know what i'm saying k? stop being a what u called one urself..oh an learn how to spell knowledgeable b4 considering urself one!!
save ur reply, i won't be arguing with a kid |
with spelling hears a few pointers. (your)not ur (before) not b4 (yourself)not urself)(you)not u oh and its spelled ok not k genious. |
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BrianJ
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| JUST STOP!!!!!OMG you guys are acting like little 5 year olds |
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dixieee
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i'm cracking up!! such a geek..and btw, it is spelled GENIUS.
sorry to upset u brian but some kids needed to learn something. got my point clear anyways so i'm out
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo
so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint
5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u |
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MUGZ
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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| garrett please grow up |
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hoover05
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| Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="garrett"] | dixieee wrote: | | try living foods and strawberries. btw, it's a wild turtle so is there anything wrong with it? i suggest u put it back cz wild turtles aren't good pets + would u like being trapped after living freely? i know it's not easy to give it up but think about the turtle |
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you do not know what you are saying i have over 40 saved turtles some hit by cars some almost dead on the side of the road many have been released back to the wild i will not release this turtle until it is eating and is heathy enough to survive in the wild putting a land turtle in an unkown outdoor habitat can be deadly to the poor turtle i was hoping someone may have had this problem with other turtles before i bring it to the vet i was hoping this site would have some knoledgeable people not smartasses how would you like being put out in the wild when you are sick and need some help |
ok PLEASE don't take this the wrong way but... Garrett you didn't say that it was sick and not healthy enough to survive in the wild. All you had said was that you couldn't get it to eat. And I'm guessing you live in a city where you can't put it outside safely without it being runover?
Also, I'm sure dixieee didn't know that you were in such high-standings with turtle rescue. I've never even seen 40 turtles, nevermind 40 sick turtles that wouldn't survive on their own so good job 
40 turtles is a lot to rescue, how'd you do it? Were they all land turtles? My friend found one once and I fed it hamburger at first but I didn't know that was bad for it [first day I had it and first turtle I had at all] so then I went out and got some greens for it to munch on. Then a week later it disappeared! I don't know what ever happened to it 
Are there any other signs of illness?
Maybe you should just take it to the vet before another fight breaks out And for the turtles own safety...
After two weeks it seems like it should have been eatting already?
Sorry, I don't know much about box turtles as I have a RES.
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garrett
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| thanks for your relpy. 40 turtle saved in about two years many ,most have been released back .i live in houston we have alot of rain that fills the ditches with fast moving water. moving turtle very fast the water then disapears just as fast as it came. leaving many turtles, they then start to searh for new homes crossing very busy roads on very hot cement when i get them many have broken shells eye problems and most of all covered with leaches at my home i have cement ponds and let them eat good for awhile and then set them free. some people dont ask questions and make coments to insult you ,i am not a child well maybe at heart and the computer is new to me so typing is not my best quailty still learning the keyboard I am trying to put pic tures up i hpoe it will be soon.the box turle was moved to an outdoor pen seems more active and i noticed it lerf a dump in its water bowl |
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