Box+Turtle

A shower in warm weather will make the box turtles want to come out of their habitat to get worms and slugs to eat. During the hot summer, box turtles find their way to swampy pools and stay there for a coulpe of days to cool down half- buried in the mud.The box turtle will become mature at 10 years of age.the box turlte usally lives to 50-75 years of age, but some poeple say they can live to 100 years old.
 * __Background Information__**

Did you know that protien makes up about 50% of the box turtle's diet. The box turtle is an omnivore. An omnivore is something that doesn't eat meat. The Box Turtle eats earthworms and snails. THey will eat anything that smells edible. If the eyes are closed and puffy, the box turtle will not eat and should be taken to a veterinarian. Regulary the turtle eats Grapes, fresh figs, blackberries, raspberries, mulberries, apples, crabapples, strawberries, cantaloupe, kiwis, cherries.
 * __Feeding__**

The box turtle's habitat is usally in the woodlands,(woods) old farms and wet meadows. If you want box turtle in Mexico you can look in scrub forests and brushy grasslands.
 * __Habitat__**

The box turtle is a turtle that does'nt need to have any vaccinations.
 * __Vaccinations__**

Deerfield animal hospital inc.150 waukegan road deerfield il,60015 .(1)-847-945-9181.
 * __Local veternarians that are willing to help you box turtle__**