Reptile Expo in Missisauga and Box Turtle Question!

[Bagshaw]

I am wondering if anyone knows the average prices for some reptiles at the show that is coming up soon.
Right now im looking at:
Mali Uromastyx
Box Turtle - Eastern
Musk Turtle
Thanks !

ALSO, I was wondeing how often i should be feeding my box turtle per week?

 

[Notophthalmus]

I can't help you with the prices.

I feed my box turtles almost daily (sometimes I miss a day or two). I keep a bowl of pellet food (koi pellets, Rep-Cal Box Turtle Pellets, or both) in the tank, and supplement with greens, tomatoes, melons, and/or whatever wild fruit happen to be ripe 2-3 times per week. I offer nightcrawlers, waxworms, or other live food as an occasional treat.

 

[cam191919]

uromastyx are around 100, VF will be able to help with musk turtles. are eastern box turtles legal to sell?

 

[Virtuoso2K12]

it depends on the seller.

 

[Tedzbug]

my box turtle eats everyday almost during the summer, nightcrawlers, lettuce, bananas, apples, etc. lucky if she eats once a week right now though, she getting pretty slow

 

[Bagshaw]

Yeah. My Box turtle is still small. about 2 years old.
Should he be eating veggies and fruits?
He shows no interest..

 

[Tedzbug]

Could be thinking about hibernation, my rosie is about 38 years old :grinno:

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Yeah. My Box turtle is still small. about 2 years old.
Should he be eating veggies and fruits?
He shows no interest..

Your box turtle is still young and it's diet should include lots of protein rich foods like earthworms, crickets and moistened turtle pellets. You can introduce foods like grated squash and carrots as it gets older.

I feed my Eastern Box Turtles a mix of different foods 2-3 times a week, sometimes a little more in the late spring when they are very active. The diet consists of chopped tomatoes, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries along with grated veggies high in vitamin A like carrots, yellow squash & zucchini. I feed them earthworms along with dusted crickets which they enjoy hunting down with impressive speed. Mine live outdoors all year and also free-range plants growing in there enclosure like dandelions flowers, wild strawberries and violets.

 

[paperdragon]

Kinda off topic, but that last pic is scary! Psycho turtle of doom...lol

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Kinda off topic, but that last pic is scary! Psycho turtle of doom...lol

You're not the first person to say that. Most male Terrapene carolina have red eyes, but this guy has light pink eyes!