I was talking to one of the regular customers at the shop that I work at today, and somehow as it often seems to with me, the subject turned to turtles. I come to find out this woman and her husband have a whole clan of box turtles they keep as pets in their back yard. One of them was even a rescue that had a broken shell and her husband GLUED him back together. Anyway, apparently some of them had babies. She said everyone has buried themselves and are hibernating right now, but in the spring when they wake up she will GIVE me a baby!!! I am too excited. I specifically didn't want to take any turtle out of the wild, but these guys are pets, she just keeps them outside. There would never bee that many that close together in the wild. I want to keep him inside though. Of course I'll take him out when the weather is nice, but he'll sleep inside. I really want a boy but I'd take a girl too.
Speaking of boys vs. girls, does anyone know if the boys have the red eyes from birth or if the eyes change to red as the get older? What I'm asking is can I tell a boy from a girl in a young Boxie?
