AMAZING Eastern Box Turtles!
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is without a doubt, America's turtle. Many of us got our start with this familiar turtle species as children and the awe has never left us when it comes to witnessing them. These iconic box turtles come in a variety of wonderful colors and they have an extensive range in the USA. Habitat preferences vary from meadows, deciduous forests, pine forests, wetlands and farmland with many ending up right in our own backyards. Their ability to use a single hinge on the plastron to completely seal shut in an effort to avoid predators is an adaptation only a primitive animal would display. Eastern box turtles have been around forever, have captivated the world and remain a favorite among reptile enthusiasts and biologists. Their future remains uncertain as they succumb to road mortality, habitat destruction and illegal collection for the pet trade and it's up to us as humans to work to keep them around. In this video we highlight the beloved eastern box turtle to bring you their interesting behaviors, distinguishing traits, how we house them at Garden State Tortoise and their outstanding, natural color.
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Chris and Casey Leone
Dear Chris, your beautiful wife and children, I have loved and treasured the box turtle from an early age to my current age of 67. Growing up they were always part of my summer and as our collection grew we found ourselves with many a hatchling. The turtles were always returned to the spot where they were found at summers end but for that period they were best of what summer offered up. The hatchlings were always returned after the summer of the following year close to where we found the adults. As time moved on and moves happened and growing up and college into adulthood I never lost those memories of my cherished friends. As I got older I had many opportunities to purchase an Eastern or three toed, but I always came to my senses figuring what will happen if I can't provide for it in my later years? There was no one I could count on to carry on. Yet this past Spring I realized when I left this world I would leave it unfulfilled so I bought a hatchling from a vendor this spring. Retired now, never married or kids I have found what was missing and I couldn't be more pleased with my little friend. I still wonder about my future and how long I have with it but I will figure all that out on rainy days and add a addendum to my will to continue it's long and wonderful life. I'm so proud of what you and your wife are accomplishing with all your turts and torts, especially your work with the diamond back terrapin. I hope one day to meet up with you and say thanks in person and to pick your brain and hopefully find that right individual who like you will love and cherish mine. All Best, David
Hope you live healthy life and many many years with your turtle friend … it is difficult to find a caretaker for this unique animal and I’m glad you connected with the right people who will care for your turtle in case something happens to you .. I soak mine in raw cow milk , raw organic carrot juice and wheatgrass juice ( all separately not together ). .turtles are lovely creatures and very clean too !! Wish you all the best and hope you find a wife who can enjoy your turtle with you .. not too late to find a gf / wife and live your dream with a loving family .
What a FABULOUS video! A box turtle just wandered into my yard, so of course I had to look it up. Your wonderful video was so informative. I put a strawberry out for it to enjoy on its journey to wherever it's going.😌
I remember years ago as a kid walking in the woods on a trail and came across a eastern box turtle I was just so amazed how it looked ever since then its been my favorite turtle and one of my favorite animals
My property has about an acre of a shallow pond and an additional acre or so of marsh land (all natural). I had no idea until recently of how many turtles live in there. My hubby and I pulled some logs and put them around the bank for basking areas. Oh my goodness - we both are obsessed with sitting at the pond and watching the turtles now. I called him today so excited bc I finally saw a box turtle on a log. Thank you for your videos. We have learned so much from you and your family! We’re both fully invested in taking care of the turtle habitat and alert to look out for turtle nests and hatchlings right now.
Back in the 80's when I was 10 or so me and my sister would catch em and feed em for 2 or 3 days in a shoebox then let them go. For 6 or 7 years straight the same turtle would show up in the backyard. We know it was the same turtle because me sister painted his nails hot pink. and he'd show up each year with a little bit of the polish left. she'd redo it every year. He ate like a king for 3 or 4 days of the year.
One of my favourite turtle 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
They are the best! 🐢
Such a fantastic natural environment you have made for them!
My dog found a nice looking box turtle in my backyard last week. I released him in the woods behind my house since that seemed to be where he was headed when he ran into my privacy fence.
You have some seriously beautiful examples of the species in your enclosure. I have always loved the long gangly back legs of the boys. Thank you for sharing your passion and knowledge with us.🖤🇨🇦
Thanks for your contributions to preservation.
Otis is the best! I’m SOOOOOOOOOO fascinated by this turtle. Y’all r so lucky to have him. I’d be n heaven having such a friendly, curious box turtle !!
I have a red Foot Tortoise that's very similar and personality to Otis he's constantly wants you to talk to him and rub his head and he searches you out no matter where you are in the house he wants to be by you and with you and he wants you to scratch his head and talk to him
Turtle lady is really pretty , hope to see her more often 🎉❤
Wonderful video. Thank you.
Eastern Box Turtles are my absolute favorite and I have been fortunate to see a decent population of them in my area which we try to keep tabs on. I would like to further educate myself and be able to do more for them in my area and state because sadly there are few resources available to wild animals and it's sad. Keep up the fantastic work that you do.
I have to stop on the road to help one of these guys cross safely almost every time I leave my house this time of year, I’ve already seen about 25-30 of them
I'm watching this bc Im watching one migrate the yard right now in WV lol
Just beautiful. And the turtles are nice as well.
Wonderful video, as always!!
Thank you so much! All that you do is very much appreciated and respected! 💚
Was hoping to see Otis? Eastern box turtles certainly have some awesome colours!
Otis for POTUS! He has my vote!
I’m sure an Eastern Box Turtle can do better than the current potus.
Touche. 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢
Can't get over how gorgeous the female with the fully black plastron was!! Absolutely beautiful
@davefrymire3552 is there something wrong with you lol
@davefrymire35528:19 🤪
great video...thanks...box turtles are in my top 5 species...I love them...btw I'm swiss but my top 5 turtles are all in the northeastern usa. So I live in the wrong place
Great video! Can’t get enough of the eastern box turtle!
I agree. Of all the different box turtles, Easterns are my favorite. 🥰
I share your love and appreciation for the Eastern Box Turtle. Thank you for this video.
box turtles are awesome. i own two Greek tortoises, but the fully boxed cover is really awesome.
I was hoping to see Otis! I love all your videos but I have to say the Eastern box turtles are my favorite. I love learning about them and seeing all the different colors 🙂
The eastern box turtle is absolutely gorgeous I love the variations especially the orange and black so stunning, as always thanks for all you guys do for turtles, and sharing your knowledge too
It's like a little box turtle Eden...... I love it
I live in rural Oklahoma we have a large pond on our property and Eastern box turtles are thriving in our pond. All that I do is prevent algae from taking over and fresh aerated water. I recently retired & moved here. This life is all new to me and I’m learning. If I see them on the road I bring them home and put them in our pond.
Please don't! Relocating box turtles can cause them to wander forever, trying to find their way home. Also, they do not live I'm ponds. They might stop for a drink or a soak, but they are not aquatic turtles. Please stop stealing them from their homes!
Skelington the turtle is sooooo handsome in his fabulous orange skin.
they are so pretty thank you for the posting🙂
We live in a suburb in New Castle, DE. Our house backs up on the Christiana River. We see lots of turtle activity…some very big female snappers looking for egg sites this year. Love box turtles. For a while a little Delaware grey tree frog hung out in the brick wall of a front flower bed. Whenever hubby cut the crass, the frog would sit on top of the wall a watch the process, his little head rotating from side to side. Eventually he headed back down to the river’s edge, probably looking for love.
What an amazing video!! Box turtles are a long time favorite of ours too! Such fond memories growing up with them.. so thankful to share that with our kids too ❤️ Thank you for all you do promoting awareness, conservation and responsible keeping!!
I was horrified to discover an adult box turtle in a local pet store in Detroit. The managers said it was surrendered to them and they were trying to make a quick buck by selling it. Knowing that the outcome for this turtle would probably be bleak I bought it and surrendered it to a reptile rescue and rehab guy. This happened to me twice at the same store so I made sure they had the phone number for the reptile rescuer. Later I learned that our state of Michigan prohibits sales of native turtles in state and you must have a permit plus proof of purchase if you acquired a native turtle outside of Michigan.
Thank you for your rescues .
@@CreatureCargaux I Inherited my two girls after my mom died (Testudo hermani hermani) and since then I help to educate people by going to different parcs every sunday and walking with my girls with their little harness and leash and speak with absolutely everybody to explain everything about them and how to protect them. I also breed them with specific males and give the babies to a reintroduction program each year (I have 14 to 20 babies each summer 🥰). Thank you for what to do for the little shells from your area and best wishes from the south of France 😉😊
Why were you horrified?
thats a lot of money to just give it away
So forget anybody that actually wanted that creature as a pet.... goodj9b weirdo
Love your t-shirt.
The boy EBT's sure have some janky back legs, lol. ❤
I remember traveling on the winding hilly back roads of Kentucky and West Virginia back in the early '60s and these things were all over the place, and you had to be careful not to run over them. Your little girl is a doll and cracked up my wife and I.
Wow!!! Such a beautiful species... Never heard of or seen before. Thanks for Sharing
One of my many home conservation goals is to give my baby box turtle a great a life but to also eventually be one of the breeders you’re talking about to help keep these beautiful babies around forever
So fascinating!
They are absolutely gorgeous!
i ha ve to eatern box tulres i love them
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I just found two of those in my yard! So exciting.
dang you have doubled subscribers in the last few months. I have been preaching to all the other CZcams channels to get there subscriber's to go join your channel. 😁 because you guys really care and all theses other only have the critters to get subscriber's.
What a wonderful video. I always learn something
I love turtles they are so cute.
You can easily see how well kept these ones are by the smooth shape and gloss of their shells, no pyramid deformations or flaking to be seen.
I’ve lived in Tenn, Ga & Florida, but have never seen the orange colored box turtles out in the wild. Those r my favs!
Great video, guys! Love the Family/ Adventure take on it.
I have 13 turtles wondering my yard. I have tried to have a water area for them. It hasn’t worked out. I’m sure it’s located wrong. It gets very hot here in California. They seem happy here, but I have learned you can’t sit on my patio without shoes. I took a nip in the toe the other day.
Thank you for this wonderful video! Greetings from Xiamen island!
I have a box turtle, and her name is Tiddles
I’m sitting here with my baby box turtle, and omg your little girl is so darn cute!💖
My first pet reptile was a little box turtle named shell ( I know original). I have a huge soft spot for these guys because of her.
Hello from Spain, Europe. Thank you very much about the information. It is very important for me. I have box turtle since 1995. Please, more videos about habitat, substratum and temperature conditions. Best incubation method etc. You have the best information.
Thank you very much
I just rescued one from getting flattened in the road at my work. Took that handsome fella and put him down inside the edge of the tree line
Are those Otis T-Shirts for sale? I adore him, your family, this channel and all that you do for turtles and the world!
This got me curious.
How much space do eastern box turtles need? What plants are safe to plant in their enclosure? How big and deep can the pond be for the box turtle? How do you make sure the pond is clean for the turtle? How do you introduce insects for them to eat? How tall do you need the fence to be and how deep into the ground should you put it?
Love box turtles
❤️this✌🏼
Wonderful video Chris and Casey! 🐢
Great video. Yes , my pops always told me the usual tell tale sign between a male and female box turtle is the male has the concave bottom of his shell while the females bottom is flat and allows for her to have room to create eggs, also the br8ght red eyes that most males have. Love your videos and ai just stumbled upon your channel. Otis is awesome!
Otis will need a couple of Alligator Snapping Turtles for his Secret Service.
I've always been confused as to why Missouri classifies their carolina as Three toed and Kansas just calls them Easterns. Are the herpetologists not talking?
She really looks pretty.
Excellent love from Sweden
I have to add - we are in southern Wi - my husband and I were driving and passed an area where there’s a pond then street n then pond - I seen this huge thing in street - crossing - it was big- had a weird tail was kind of triangular- we got closer - and I realized it was a huge turtle. It wasn’t a colorful one it was more like camo green - I wonder what kind of a turtle it was - it made it to the other pond 😊 everytime we go past I always look in hopes to see it again🥰
Not gonna lie... I clicked on the video because of the pretty blue eyes in the thumbnail.
👍👍👍❤❤❤🐢🐢🐢
Otis POTUS 2024 hahaha
wow, the little girl is snow white
Awesome enclosure. How do you keep wild mammals from eating everybody up?
You can SAVE TURTLES hit by cars if they can still eat and walk by HOLDING TOGETHER any cracks made when hit with GORILLA TAPE. i CARRY IT in my CAR now to SAVE one if i CAN. NOt near as many to save anymore here in the Ozark sadly. Please save them when and if you can save them safely. i always put my emergency blinkers on if i pull over to help one ON ACROSS the ROAD in the DIRECTION they ARE HEADED :).
hi! i have them in my yard too. i have one that is more ornate than what i usually see around here. he looks a lot like that guy but with a few more white spots around the mouth :D so MAGICAL they are!
My grandmother had a box turtle.
I now have him.
My great grandkids will have him.
He's living forever out of spite.
Great video!
Off topic, but she's so pretty though.
Hello all now I’m sure I’m not thee only one who is looking too see OTIS becuz ur talking abt Easterm Box Turtle 🐢 I jus love Otis. He I believe is someone very special who was human in his original life and came back as OTIS no turtle 🐢 I’ve ever seen is this understanding of us he acts like a dog lol 😂 I jus love me some Otis 🐢
Anazing turtles and habittat
Use banners on road about " box turtle crossing plz slow down "🔥
❤ turtles 💯...
Did you realize that Michaelangelo aka Mikey from the series of 2018 rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles Mikey is actually a box turtle
PLEASE ..Maybe you can help ? We have spotted a box turtle on our tiny urban lot in a congested area of Camden County . Our neighbors house is in disrepair along with the property being not maintained…and that was the case with our property for many years .
We moved in 4 years ago and fortunately we are into a “clean” environment.. zero use of pesticides or weed killers or fertilizers. We have been removing non natives and replacing with all natives ( bird and pollinator friendly ). And we got wildlife certified etc.
now back to the box turtle … he showed up two springs on our property which abuts the neighbors . That property is not too long in future going to be torn up with heavy equipment and the house re built and big addition added … these are very small lots .
I have planted “may pop”
but we don’t have the weed growth the neighbor has had
And now a landscaper is coming thru weekly and mowing that property down with big loud riding mower.
What can I do help or save this turtle!!! I am so worried about “him?” .. 😢😢
Thankfully I came across your video so now I know to stop pulling the wild strawberry. But do you have any ideas? I wanted to try to install a small shallow ( non mosquito breeding ) pond for turtles/toads/salamanders or frogs or whatever … our property is sloped and very dry except for the back left corner near that neighbor ( he too is sloped). Supposedly we have a creek running underneath our properties which makes sense when u see the elevation change and cooper river blocks away .
I’m really concerned about him 😭😭
Are turtles and tortoises social animals? If you have a lone one are they lonely?
😯So awesome🙂👍👍
I also had one as a child. Thought I would get one recently, but cannot find one anywhere
Any information on housing them indoors? Live in an area where we can't put the turtle outside. Would really appreciate any guidance so I can make sure this rescue has the proper housing and care.
Hi we found one in our backyard we could use some advice
why did they remove the eggs from the nest and fill it back in empty? I dont know if i agree with the action.
I live in PA and they are native here but also illegal to own. NJ is not the same?
Do breeders breed to repopulate areas or just to keep for future. I would like to see them released.
How often are you feeding the turtles in this pen or are they self sufficient?
How big do box turtles get?.
Beautiful animals. Hey Chris, what did you do with that clutch of eggs?
You didn't leave them where you found them? 🤔 🐢
Love your videos !
Just a quick question regarding eastern box turtle. What is the usual age for the said species when it show its colors?
wyd u take out the eggs? omleette?
I've never seen a blue box turtle
Got into a fist fight with my drunk brother over him putting an Eastern box turtle in our mother's gold fish pond. He got mad that I immediately pulled him out and put him back where he was found. He was the first wild one I had ever seen.Had to flex that big brother muscle lol
I learned something new today 😁 I didn’t know about the flat and the concave to determine male or female 😊 along with the position of the vent. Question- would the eggs hatch if they were left in the nest? Or would you risk losing some?
Depends. If they are not native to your place then its best to artificially incubate them. If they are however, then just put a mesh over the nest to prevent predation. However its always a good idea to put them in an incubator which you can build at home for a pretty low cost.
do you have any eastern babies yet
Why did you take the eggs out and not put them back?