I have had my turtle for some time now i am just now figuring this out what kind of home should i give her?

Question

my turtle is a box turtle,lives in a glass tank,and is always trying to get out,we live in a town home so we cant afford for something to be outside,and i have had her for 7 years,never gave her slugs or worms (is that important?)

get back to me ASAP

Answer 1

how do you have a turtle for 7 years and still not know what is good for them?

look online for care sheets or BUY A BOOK on them!

ask people at pet stores, find a forum online!

...PLEASE...

this is info you should have known BEFORE you got your turtle. not SEVEN years later.

Answer 2

Box turtles need room to roam. They also need a fair amount of protein even when adult. Try dog food (canned), just so long as the wheat gluten in it didn't come from China. They love worms too.

Answer 3

Your turtle really needs to be out of the tank.

If you can not build a pen outside you should make a tort table

http://tortoiseyard.com/tortoise_table.h...

Although this site says to use a tank its not good to, but the tort table plans are good.

http://www.unc.edu/~dtkirkpa/stuff/table...

the tort table allows better air flow and they need a lot of room to roam.

Here is a site that gives care info.

http://www.boxturtlesite.info/bxbook.htm...

here are some great groups to join and ask questions

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/North...

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/boxtu...

good luck