Yellow-Margined Box Turtle
Cuora flavomarginata
Yellow-margined box turtle: complete species guide (video in Chinese)
Basic info
🌟 Why keep a Yellow-Margined Box Turtle?
Extremely interactive
Yellow-margined box turtles are among the most interactive species: they recognise their keeper, chase the hand and follow, almost like a small dog.
Intelligent and trainable
High intelligence: they can be trained to feed at a fixed spot and to follow, and are the only species that can be genuinely tamed.
Beautiful
The yellow margin is elegant and the shell pattern is clear; it is often called the most beautiful of the Chinese turtles.
Long-lived
They can live 30-50 years, the longest of the common species, and can be a companion for half a lifetime.
A semi-aquatic way of life
A land-dominant lifestyle gives more viewing angles, unlike aquatic turtles that are only seen at the water surface.
Collectible
A semi-terrestrial hinged box turtle that is highly interactive and demanding about humidity and land area.
Housing
Common problems
Dehydration
Cause: Insufficient humidity, water area too small
Solution: Raise the humidity and enlarge the shallow-water area.
Refusing food
Cause: Unsuitable temperature, stress
Solution: Keep the temperature in range and reduce disturbance.
Eye infection
Cause: Dirty environment, abnormal humidity
Solution: Clean the environment and adjust the humidity.