Ok, I give up. what is he eating? I went and looked but can't figgure out what it is except that its some sort of flower.

Go back and read the titles and descriptions and you'll find out. ;)

I can't give you the answer because it will give it away for everyone else.

That turtle goes all over my place. I find him up in the potager and way up in the statue garden too. He gets around!

Here's a picture of another Ornate Box Turtle that frequented my place several years ago:
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Same species, but with the yellow head instead of black and orange. I think he is very pretty! You can tell this one is a male - he has orange eyes. Females have yellow to brown colored eyes.

I took a series of photos of this turtle, too. My big fluffy gray Tabby, "Puddy Tat", was very intrigued by him. as was my dog, Mike. I got quite a number of very cute pictures of them.

I can post them if anyone is interested in seeing them.

We have another land turtle too. It is called, "Three-toed Turtle", for obvious reasons. Only three toes on each foot. They do not have the pretty colors or patterns on their shells - kind of mulkety-dung-green-brown, like the color of an army helmet. Think of an army helmet with legs, a head and a skinny little short tail, and you pretty much have it! (hehehe)

My close-encounters with the wildlife are part of what I enjoy most about working in my gardens.

~Annie

Oh Annie, how marvelous to have such beautiful creatures come to visit. You were almost hand feeding him, before long he'll be trotting, I mean meandering along at your heels looking for handouts. We had a frog in one of our pools that used to wait for us to throw him worms, but a land tortoise, we don't have any around here, just a little bit envious.

Annette

Well, who would have thought it . . . candy for turtles!

Those are nice photos, Annie. I'd love to see some of your pets with him.

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My first MIL kept a land turtle of some sort as a pet in her house for years. I remember she fed him lettuce, but I don't know what else he/she ate. It just roamed around in the house, no box or cage. Of course my boys thought that was way cool.

Oh, I love turtles! Frogs too. I wish we had some around here. Adorable! Yes Annie, please post more pics!

I have to ask...how did he get the flowers down? Were there flowers on the ground, or petals dropping? Or did he bend stems down to get at them?
So cool!
CMK

Here's the LINK to the Country Critters Album so you can see the photos of the Yellow-headed Ornate Box Turtle interacting with some of my pets.

Reverse the order of the turtle photo-journey for the correct sequence.

Here is a link that might be useful: May 21, 2003 - Yellow Headed Ornate Box Turtle and My Pets

Cute! You've got some good looking chickens, too!

I loved your critter album. If I had more land and not surrounded by so many new neighbors, I'd have lots of critters,too. Thanks for sharing.

Those are some gorgeous turtles! I wish I had one in my garden!