what kind of turtle is this and what does it eat?? please help!!?

Question

he doesn't really have a pattern on its shell. its a tortoise. it kind of has a square shaped nose. an we found him in south Texas.

its about a foot long. ive tried to feed it everything. i know its not a texas tortise.

Answer 1

Do you have a picture of this Turtle/Tort? If so please post as it is easier to determine then..Thank you

Golden Turtle-Owner of 4 Turtles

Answer 2

I have a book with a few different types of turtles in it. For almost all of them it says you can feed it low fat dog food. But there is differences between each type, some also eat fruit and green veggies, some berries, and some worms etc. Its hard to tell what kind it is by your describition. So i'm going to list them off for you and you should google image, or altavista image search them to see which one it is. If you get a match and would like to know all about their diet then plz e-mail me.
Leopard Tortoise
African Spurred Tortoise
Hermann's Tortoise
Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise
Central Asian Tortoise
Red-footed Tortoise
Yellow footed Tortoise
Serrated Hinge-back Tortoise
Bell's Hinge-backed Tortoise
The rest are turtles - Painted turtle, Florida red bellied turtle, Red eared turte, yellow-bellied turtle, Mississippi Map turtle, Ornate box turle. western box turtle. eastern box turtle, three-toed box turtle, Chinese box turtle, malayan box turtle, Ornate wood turtle, South american Wood turtle, North American wood turtle, Spotted turtle, Reeve's turtle, Eastern mud turtle, yellow mud turtle, striped mud turtle, red bellied side-necked turtle, razor-backed musk turtle, Matamata, African helmeted turtle, and indonesin snake necked turtle.

Answer 3

Here is a link to the turtles and tortoises of Texas- http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/turtles/

You can get photos of most of these either by googling them or at the World of Turtles gallery at http://www.austinsturtlepage.com

Answer 4

http://home.earthlink.net/~rednine/gallery.htm
The link above is a tortoise gallery and it has about 200 species.

Try giving it a mixture of food. Leafy greens mixed with some fruit. Collard greens have a lot of vitamins.

Answer 5

this is a link to all the tortiose in texas hope it help try feeding him earth worms every turtle likes earth worms try greens
and other veggies like carrots celary hope this helps.

Answer 6

The only tortoise native to Texas is the Texas Tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri). They eat vegetation.
It is a protected species. You should release it where you found it.

If it's not a tortoise, then it's a box turtle. You should release it.

Answer 7

Try greens, spinach, ect. That dont work take to Petco or vet asap for more info and help.

Answer 8

square nose?? oh... it's spongebob SQUAREpants distance relatives.... they eat shrimps and chicken