i found a turtle on the road i think its a box turtle, it has a yelloish shell how do i care for it?

Answer 1

You should take it back to where you found it. Be sure to put it on the side of the street it was headed to.

Depending on your state, it may be illegal for you to take this turtle from the wild.

Answer 2

Put it back where you found it, facing the same direction. Turtles will travel in the same direction. If you ever find one crossing the road take it to the side in which it was heading (otherwise it will just try to cross again). Turtles can get very sick and die if being taken out of the wild, because people just don't know what they are doing. My turtle, ET, was caught from the wild, in NJ, and was given to me when the person who had her couldn't care for her. She had a tumor, Vitamin A deficiency, and wouldn't eat or drink. It took a lot of time and money to get her to good health. I've had her for over a year now and she's wonderful. I've gotten 2 more box turtles from a shelter and breeder as her companions. If you insist on keeping this turtle do your research and realize that this turtle will out live you. It's more than a life long commitment! And try to have an outdoor pen for it instead of an indoor. And you must know that they need to hibernate also. They aren't as easy of a pet as people make them out to be.

Answer 3

I'd return it since the collection of some species of box turtles in the USA is a FEDERAL OFFENSE. A few species are endangered and besides wild caught reptiles often carry mites, ticks and worms.
If you really want a turtle that bad I would check with your local reptile shelter. Tens of thousands of turtles are abandoned by people every year.

Answer 4

i imagine that it is the perfect suggestion to furnish someone in that challenge. If a turtle is heading someplace it receives there finally, no remember what. So by technique of putting on the aspect that it became headed for facilitates them conceal that a lot floor that a lot swifter. And it receives it out of the line so as that the prospect of it getting squished is a lot decrease. you should under no circumstances ever take a wild animal living house. they do no longer fare properly as caged animals. They get depressed, they don't devour and they in many circumstances die very immediately. they're used to having open areas to roam round in and are used to fending for themselves. helping a field turtle to the different aspect of the line and transferring on is the perfect suggestion absolutely everyone ought to provide in this challenge.

Answer 5

Box turtles are great pets... except:

1. It is illegal to collect them in the wild in most places.

2. You must be ready to provide a complete ecosystem- heat, light, humidity, fresh air, diet, water, etc.

3. Their diet is a little tricky- about 75% bugs, worms, and snails, and the rest is a mix of fungi, fruits and veggies, grasses, and carrion. It is tough to do this in captivity for most people.

4. If you decide to give this a try, a good care sheet is at http://www.tortoise.org

Answer 6

In some areas it is illegal to take a box turtle from the wild plus you can buy a pet turtle online that has already treated for disease or can adopt one here: http://www.corhs.org/adoption.html

Answer 7

well go to the library and go look for a book that gives you info on box turtle, i would say you can feed it lettuce and cold shrimp and for a home build a wood square (5ft.by 5ft.) and put pine straw and leaves and a bowl of water in the square (animal pen)

Answer 8

Give it some lettuce and drop it off in the woods. Turtles are better off in the wild.

Answer 9

Hi,,, I use to be a wild life re-hab person in Memphis....

the honest truth,,,, take the turtle to where you found it,, and let it go,,,, as long as its not on the highway that is.....

Turtles go to where they lay their eggs..... so it may have been traveling there..... ??

good luck

Answer 10

i think it is a female turtle as i have two turtle male and female. i gave them the turtle food from the fish shop.