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PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE CONTACTING MATTS OR requesting an application. Many of your questions will be answered below.<br/><br/>I'm a juvenile eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) who is for adoption in the Baltimore, MD, area. I'm about 4" long and probably under 6 years old. I could live another 20-60 years. I'm still too small to tell if I'm a boy or girl. Once I grow another half an inch, you should be able to tell.<br/><br/>Homes with at least an outdoor summer screened enclosure preferred, since I can live outside. MATTS will accept a temporary indoor enclosure while you work on an outdoor enclosure and/or a larger indoor enclosure. For my indoor winter pen, or if I'm indoors permanently, a "turtle table" would be a good home, and it should at least 8 square feet of space, along with a substrate such as aged hardwood bark mulch, a shallow water pan wide enough for me to soak in an inch or two of water, artificial plants for hiding, and a heat light and UVB light over one end. Visit matts-turtles.org to see ideas for temporary housing. This link shows you how to make an inexpensive indoor habitat from a second hand book case or old dresser. http://nebula.wsimg.com/53c57892d611153a60ef8bde1be11925?AccessKeyId=A3E784782F81D21389AD&disposition=0&alloworigin=1<br/><br/>A backyard pen should be screened in completely to keep out rats and raccoons. It should have lots of room for exploring and digging and soaking in a water pan or a shallow pond designed just for box turtles.<br/><br/>To learn more about box turtles, visit http://www.boxturtlesite.org/ or pick up a copy of Box Turtles by Tess Cook, available in some pet stores or on-line.<br/><br/>I am eating the diet recommended here, but my foster family uses Mazuri or Zoo Med Growth Formula aquatic turtle food as the base of the diet (always soaked in water until soft, of course): http://www.boxturtlefacts.org/<br/>I love earthworms, boiled egg, strawberries, and plain baked sweet potato, but I need variety in my diet to stay healthy.<br/><br/>Keep in mind that larger turtles often bully smaller turtles, so it's best if I'm the only turtle in an enclosure until I'm larger. Also, males may harass lone females to the point of illness or death, and will likely fight with other males unless you have a VERY large enclosure with lots of visual barriers and hide spots, so it's probably best anyway if I'm a single turtle until you know if I'm a boy or girl. <br/><br/>There's a $30 adoption fee. Local adopters pick up by appointment in Baltimore or Parkton, MD. Our turtles come with a no sale/no trade adoption contract, and the edge of the shell is notched for easy visual ID.<br/>TO REQUEST AN APPLICATION, e-mail matts_adoptions@hotmail.com - make sure to indicate YOUR CITY AND STATE. Shipping is possible when temperatures allow for delivery on a Wednesday or Thursday, and shipping could cost between $45 - $150 depending on your location.<br/><br/>I'm for adoption because I was taken to a wildlife rehabber after I was hit by a car, but the person who dropped me off didn't leave the details of where I was found, so no one knows where I belong and it's illegal to release me to the wild if my original location is unknown. I was hurt badly, and it took a year for me to heal enough to be adopted. You can still see the healed cracks at the back of my shell, but I'm healthy and finally ready for my new home.<br/><br/>I CANNOT be adopted to VA, GA, WV, PA, or most points north of PA on the eastern shore due to regulations in those states, although you can have a box turtle in CT. <br/>NY residents would need a special educational permit from the DEC to keep a box turtle. <br/>Residents of NJ, IN, and OH require a permit for EBTs.<br/>Maryland residents may require a permit IF they already have an eastern box turtle. If I'm your only eastern box turtle, then you don't need a permit in Maryland. You can adopt me in NJ, OH, and MD before getting your permit.<br/>In NJ, since our adoption contract serves as a receipt, visit https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/exotic_apps.htm<br/>For MD (only if you will have more than one eastern box turtle), visit https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/Licenses/captive.aspx<br/><br/>Like turtles but can't have one? Want to help?<br/>1) You can share my profile on social media and share www.matts-turtles.org so people can take better care of their turtles and help wild turtles stay wild.<br/><br/>2) MATTS has educational fliers (photos) to share on social media if you email matts_adoptions@hotmail.com to request them or visit our public Facebook or Instagram page.<br/>https://www.facebook.com/MATTSTurtles<br/><br/>3) Share our "Monster You Made" video<br/> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_935eZl84k on social media.<br/><br/>4) Donate time (transport, wash towels, answer phones, build/repair enclosures), supplies, or money to your LOCAL wildlife rehabber(s). They do NOT receive any federal or state grants or other government funding. They rely on donations only, as well as their own money.<br/><br/>5) MATTS also accepts tax-deductible donations at MATTS, P.O. Box 341, Highland, MD 20777, or through PayPal or credit card using the yellow Donate tab at http://www.matts-turtles.org/support.html<br/>Gift cards to Home Depot, Tractor Supply, and Lowes are also gratefully accepted. We buy more supplies for turtles there than we do at pet stores! <br/><br/>6) We always need "linear" T5 or T8 UVB bulbs, preferably Reptisun 18" T8 UVB bulbs. https://www.chewy.com/zoo-med-reptisun-100-t8-ho-uvb/dp/126591<br/>and heat lights such as 60-watt and 75-watt white light bulbs.<br/>https://www.chewy.com/exo-terra-daylight-basking-reptile/dp/123911<br/>https://www.chewy.com/exo-terra-daytime-heat-reptile-lamp/dp/123918<br/>https://www.chewy.com/zilla-day-white-incandescent-reptile/dp/280984<br/> <br/><br/>Thank you!

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE CONTACTING MATTS OR requesting an application. Many of your questions will be answered below.

I'm a juvenile eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) who is for adoption in the Baltimore, MD, area. I'm about 4" long and probably under 6 years old. I could live another 20-60 years. I'm still too small to tell if I'm a boy or girl. Once I grow another half an inch, you should be able to tell.

Homes with at least an outdoor summer screened enclosure preferred, since I can live outside. MATTS will accept a temporary indoor enclosure while you work on an outdoor enclosure and/or a larger indoor enclosure. For my indoor winter pen, or if I'm indoors permanently, a "turtle table" would be a good home, and it should at least 8 square feet of space, along with a substrate such as aged hardwood bark mulch, a shallow water pan wide enough for me to soak in an inch or two of water, artificial plants for hiding, and a heat light and UVB light over one end. Visit matts-turtles.org

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE CONTACTING MATTS OR requesting an application. Many of your questions will be answered below.

I'm a juvenile eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) who is for adoption in the Baltimore, MD, area. I'm about 4" long and probably under 6 years old. I could live another 20-60 years. I'm still too small to tell if I'm a boy or girl. Once I grow another half an inch, you should be able to tell.

Homes with at least an outdoor summer screened enclosure preferred, since I can live outside. MATTS will accept a temporary indoor enclosure while you work on an outdoor enclosure and/or a larger indoor enclosure. For my indoor winter pen, or if I'm indoors permanently, a "turtle table" would be a good home, and it should at least 8 square feet of space, along with a substrate such as aged hardwood bark mulch, a shallow water pan wide enough for me to soak in an inch or two of water, artificial plants for hiding, and a heat light and UVB light over one end. Visit matts-turtles.org to see ideas for temporary housing. This link shows you how to make an inexpensive indoor habitat from a second hand book case or old dresser. http://nebula.wsimg.com/53c57892d611153a60ef8bde1be11925?AccessKeyId=A3E784782F81D21389AD&disposition=0&alloworigin=1

A backyard pen should be screened in completely to keep out rats and raccoons. It should have lots of room for exploring and digg