Giant Black Wood Turtle for Sale

Black Wood Turtles (Rhinoclemmys funerea) are a large semi aquatic turtle that originates from southern Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and northern Panama. They are typically found near bodies of water such as fresh water marshes, swamps, ponds, and rivers.

Size of a Black Wood Turtle

These turtles are fairly large and can exceed 12 inches in length.

Feeding a Black Wood Turtle

Black wood turtles are omnivores and their diet needs to be balanced between live foods, fruits, and vegetables. Ideal live foods are superworms, mealworms, waxworms, earthworms, snails, and fish. Live food should make up 30% of the diet. The other 70% percent of their diet should include the following fruits and vegetables; collard greens, red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce, spinach, zucchini, apples, bananas, strawberries, figs, peaches, mango, papaya, cantaloupe, grapes, blackberries, and blueberries. A mixed diet of these food items, five to seven times per week, is ideal and will ensure proper growth and health. Black wood turtles also require a calcium and vitamin supplement.

Caging Requirements for a Black Wood Turtle

Housing/Habitat: The cage for a black wood turtle should have enough room for it to move around easily. Use 40 gallon or larger terrarium with a very large water bowl. These turtles love to swim, an ideal set up would allow the turtle to completely submerge itself. Black wood turtles can also be kept outside in areas where the weather is similar to their natural habitat. If you plan to keep your turtle outside make sure the area is secure. These turtles can dig and have been known to escape under fences.

Temerature: Black wood turtles need be kept between 85-90 degrees during the day and the temperature can drop to about 70 at night.

Humidity: Humidity needs to be maintained between 60-80% and this can be accomplished by daily misting.

Sexing

We do our best to sex your animals correctly. However, we do not guarantee sexing.

Shipping Information

$39.99 for for any number of animals to anywere in the United States only.

Health Certificate: The following states may require a $20 Health Certificate to ship animals. GA, VA, WA, WV, MT, OH, UT. We will notify you if this affects your order.

All Live Animals are shipped Priority Overnight Delivery to your door from Fedex or UPS. Orders received are generally processed and shipped the day after they are received. Full details regarding our Shipping Methods can be found here.

Expected Delivery Dates

We only ship on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

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NOTE: We reserve the right to delay shipments as needed. You will receive email notification if your order has been delayed and what the new expected delivery date will be.

Animal Photos

Please note that the photos on our website are a representative of that species and the actual animal you receive may differ from the photo.

Payment

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