It likes digging holes. It hides in it's shell when I get close, but otherwise isn't bothered by us.
What a friendly neighbor you have!
this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2023
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Give it a tomato and you'll have a friend for life.
I tried giving it some lettuce but it ignored it. I think it's trying to lay some eggs, so I'm going to leave it alone and see what happens.
Yeah, if it's trying to make a nest, probably best to leave it be. But if you see 'em out exploring later, some tomato or a grape will get them to come out of their shell. They like head pets!
You'll probably have some baby box turtles in a few months. I highly recommend knowing the commitment you're getting into before thinking of adopting one (or 3, and finding yourself with a 60gal turtle tank in the living room a few years later).
Not planning on adopting it or it's children. I don't mind it living in my yard though. I'd certainly be up for giving it some food as long as it's not harmful to it. It's neat to watch it do it's thing.
That's a nice turtle ya got there.
She's tryna lay her eggs and you're creeping on her!
Yeah I realized what was going on after some googling. We are leaving her alone now.
It's adorable! Based on a quick lazy Google I think maybe it's a tortoise, not a turtle.
It might be. I know tortoise are not aquatic. There is a stream pretty close to where it's sitting so I wasn't sure.
Yellow eared slider?
For those curious, pretty sure that's an eastern box turtle. We used to find them in our backyard and keep them outside in a big pin as pets. When it's rainy, they tend to be more active and hunt because worms come out of the wet ground. They're otherwise usually only out around dawn.
And for the record, it IS a turtle, not a tortoise. Tortoise is a subset of land turtles, but some turtles are not considered tortoises but still live on land. Naming has to do with the type of shell as far as I understand. He still probably hangs out in the shallows of that stream a lot though.
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Don't you see I am working here?
It ran away from home!