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Hi! My name is Rufus.

I am from Woodhaven.

10 years old

Male

Turtles & Tortoises

I fit just about in an average hand.


I am very much like a human. One reason is because i like to eat sweet fruits (Candy for a turtle) and juicy insects (Meat for a turtle), but love to skip my vegetables. Another way is that I seem to think very hard about many things. For example, I am facinated watching my owner write with a pencil or pen to do his homework at his desk. I love to forage for flowers and insects and mollusks when my owner takes me for strolls in the backyard. Additionaly, I enjoy taking soaks in my water bowl that fits me perfectly. My tolerance of handling is very slim.



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  Thank you :D
Here's a vote for you n.n

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04/22/2012 11:11.04 AM Report This Comment  
  Rufus....
How awesome is he..!? and he has the perfect name. He's beautiful! Gave you a vote!

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04/20/2012 03:04.25 PM Report This Comment  
  Rufus is a cool turtle. Sorry about tonga

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02/24/2012 10:48.14 PM Report This Comment  
  NICE BOX TURTLE!
I love your box turtle! Here's a vote for Rufis!

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01/07/2012 07:43.03 AM Report This Comment  
  it's a shame Tonga died:( how are Rufus and Slithers doing?

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12/15/2011 10:06.07 AM Report This Comment  
  Here's a vote!.
"Hi" right back at ya!

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09/17/2011 12:40.52 PM Report This Comment  
  Vote 38!
You look so cute peaking out in your picture! I can't wait to see pictures of your new enclosure, Rufus! Happy Herping!!

Love, Lucy&Crush♥ .

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08/05/2011 07:05.49 PM Report This Comment  
  Oh, and I am an Albino Corn Snake! :D

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07/31/2011 02:22.25 PM Report This Comment  
  Vote 37!
Sorry for taking so long to reply! But thanks on my compliments! Momma loves me very much. I have grown a lot since I've been with her! Sad thing is I escaped a bit of time ago and when Momma found me, I had a very bad laceration on my side, near my head. So she rushed me to the vet. They gave me 15 stitches. Then performed surgery the next day to repair the muscle that had been torn!

Love, Flick♥ .

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07/31/2011 01:58.53 PM Report This Comment  
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  Here's a vote!.
"Hi" right back at ya!

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04/19/2011 01:43.57 PM Report This Comment  
  n
hi

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04/18/2011 06:03.49 PM Report This Comment  
  sweet box turtle!
i used to have a box turtle when i was a kid she was very old almost 50 when i got her she made it another 10 years and will always be a big part of why i love reptiles still to this day so enjoy this pet it will be with you for a very long time also thanks for the comment have a vote

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04/05/2011 03:41.51 PM Report This Comment  
  Most likely :)
She does love her strawberries!! She picks them out of her food and then goes back later to eat the nutritious stuff lol!

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01/25/2011 01:54.48 PM Report This Comment  
  Nice Head Shot !
Here's another vote for Rufus and thanks so much for the vote and blog on 01-16-11 (RODT). May you continue to have success with all of your reptiles.

HAPPY HERP KEEPING !

PS - That is a great head shot (picture) of Rufus, I almost did not see her (camouflage) in the bedding.

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01/20/2011 12:40.57 PM Report This Comment  
  I would love to get a tortoise, and wouldn't mind having a box turtle; it kills me that I don't have the space for one. Rufus looks wonderful.

I'm leaving a vote.

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01/15/2011 05:01.51 PM Report This Comment  
  Vote!!
Hi Heres a vote for Rufus, he's really cute.

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01/15/2011 09:17.44 AM Report This Comment  
  Hey! I was just dropping by my friend's page and saw that one of your little guys has the same name as mine (Rufus)! They are soo cute! Leavin some votes and Happy Herp'n!:)

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01/13/2011 03:45.59 PM Report This Comment  
  Nancy is doing doing great:) how about Rufus? and no that's not what i mean by "secret Santa" i mean everyone writes their name on a piece of paper and put it in something and then when everyone has done that they each pull out one piece of paper and whoever persons name is on there they have to buy that person a gift but that is like for big familys offices or whatever:)

Come visit me, Nancy, Mayhem & the awesome herps i find:D.

12/28/2010 03:11.10 PM Report This Comment  
  cool! kinda wish i had gotten a cell phone but seems how my old MP3 player went all wacky on me my parents got me a new one:)(and it has a TOUCH SCREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D) and i am guessing that you have a really big family so you had to play secret Santa?(sorry if that sounds rude:( ) i also got a BEAUTIFUL little turtle pendant and a DENIM purse and my very first WALLET!:D:D:D:D:D:D and my sister got a toy story 3 dominoes and (toy story 3) game of Ker plunk ummmm do you have a PS 3? cuz if you do we might be able to play together my dad says that we can connect with other PS 3s:) but of course i need to ask my parents how to do that and if i can:) but any way i has just wondering:)

Come visit me, Nancy, Mayhem & the awesome herps i find:D.

12/28/2010 09:32.48 AM Report This Comment  
  yeah i bet that there are like 1000 on here that want really pricey reptiles:) sorry i didn't get back to you sooner but i had sooo much fun yesterday that all i did on the computer was put songs on my new MP3 PLAYER!:D glad to hear that Rufus is doing good:)i mean great:) and its cool that your little brother can get a pet when you and your family(i should say if huh) move into a new bigger house:) so what did you get for ummmm what holiday do you celebrate?

Come visit me, Nancy, Mayhem & the awesome herps i find:D.

12/26/2010 08:25.37 AM Report This Comment  
  nice choices! and you aren't the only one that has expensive tastes i want a turtle and a tortoise that are both OVER 1000 BUCKS! so is Rufus still doing good in burmating? do you have any cats? i have 5:) one of them was chewing on a low hanging candy cane yesterday!:p

Come visit me, Nancy, Mayhem & the awesome herps i find:D.

12/23/2010 10:41.34 AM Report This Comment  
  that's good that you got your Christmas tree and that's funny that we decorated the trees on the same day. and yeah that's pretty much what i was thinking LOL! well what i want for Christmas most is a ornate box turtle 1 becuz Nancy really needs a tank mate and 2 i really want one:) so if you could ask the big red dude for a reptile for Christmas what would it be?

Come visit me, Nancy, Mayhem & the awesome herps i find:D.

12/20/2010 01:13.00 PM Report This Comment  
  thanks:) that will really help me out when i burmate Nancy next year:) and i know how parents can be but seems how my dad has a little fridge he will let me burmate her in there if he didn't then Nancy would have to stay up all winter for a long time! but yeah parents are kinda annoying you wouldn't believe how ling it took me to convince them to let me even get something with scales!!!! my dad is scared of reptiles and my mom used to keep a basilisk (not anything from like Harry Potter or anything like that:p) so i guess she was afraid i would get sick or something(shrug) so have you got your tree yet? we got ours just a couple days ago and put all the fancy things up yesterday:)

Come visit me, Nancy, Mayhem & the awesome herps i find:D.

12/19/2010 05:11.00 PM Report This Comment  
  yeah i know it is but eh it does so:) i glad that Rufus is burmating:)i am going to burmate Nancy next year but this is the first year i have had her so i shouldn't this year:) did you burmate Rufus the first year you had her?

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12/18/2010 12:54.40 PM Report This Comment  
  Thanks for the vote! :)

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12/17/2010 07:15.37 PM Report This Comment  
  me i like zoo med the best but i haven't really used anything else:( yeah you know i requested something on either three toeds or ornates and well i guess anuf people requested something on ornates:) yeah i saw a couple pics of those orange-eyed crocodile skinks and i was wondering what they where well now i know:):p so hows Rufus doing? you know what the name of that orange-eyed skink reminded me of when i was really young i had this imaginary cat i called orange eyes:p kinda odd huh:)

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12/15/2010 05:02.37 PM Report This Comment  
  nice choice! i like those they are sooooo cool looking! have you got the February issue yet? i did they have something on ornates and orange-eyed crocodile skink!

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12/13/2010 01:00.53 PM Report This Comment  
  thanks:) yeah i think i will stick with the ornate box turtle:) if you had a chance to get another box turtle which one would you get?

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12/11/2010 02:04.40 PM Report This Comment  
  cool:) and i have asked a couple people on turtle shack and they say it is okay:) but i still need to do some research:) do you know anything about cherry head tortoises? i have been thinking about going back on my decision and maybe getting a cherry head tortoise but i think that i will stick with the ornate but i would like to know more about cherry head tortoises:)

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12/08/2010 09:25.19 PM Report This Comment  
  thanks but i think i am getting anther box turtle a ornate box turtle:) do to like ornates?

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11/29/2010 07:22.14 PM Report This Comment  
  yeah Nancy LOVES them! and i not real sure on the nibble tho i think they can:) and i am glad that you are going to give her a cuttle bone every now and then:) i have a q OK i know that next year i am going to get a bearded dragon but i really want a tortoise as my 3rd herp and shortly after i get the beardie i want to get a tortoise to make sure that Nancy doesn't feel that she is the only herp with a shell:) so i would really like it if you would help me out:)

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11/28/2010 12:08.05 PM Report This Comment  
  hmm well you should try again every now and then:) and thank you SO SO SO SO SO much! me and my dad found a bunch of wild meal worms and i was so happy i forgot to look it up:p (how inbearising) hm petland? there's one of those in Springfield:) and they do sell herps:) but it's a shame that the one you got Rufus from doesn't sell herps anymore:(

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11/24/2010 08:26.56 PM Report This Comment  
  Three-toed Box Turtles
I got Rufus at a pet store called Petland in Novi, Michigan (they don't sell herps there anymore though.) Moving on, I put in th cuttle bone with Rufus for a month or two and that's why I was so suprised she didn't take notice to it (I even tried scenting it with worm slime!) And yes, my care book said it was ok to feed Three-toed Box turtles mealworms, except it also said don't give them too much during a feeding because it will cause regurgitation (on account of the exoskeletons.) Or you could just feed Nancy freshly molted mealworms that lack an exoskeleton. I hope my answers are helpful and good luck!

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11/24/2010 08:44.14 AM Report This Comment  
  yeah they are little angels:)i just love them!:) where did you get yours? and how long did you leave the cuttle bone in there? it could be that she just didn't need calcium:) Nancy just loves her's:) do you know if its ok to feed three toed box turtles meal worms?

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11/23/2010 06:59.10 PM Report This Comment  
  Reply To: is she a three toed box turtle?
Those Three-toed Box turtles are little angels aren't they? By the way, I have already tried to give Rufus a cuttle bone and she did not even give it the slightest notice. Instead, I just give her whole food (not chopped up with a knife), but sometimes I have to cut it just a bit.

P.S. I'll make sure to leave a vote for Nancy and whatever other herps you own.

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11/21/2010 08:03.19 AM Report This Comment  
  is she a three toed box turtle?
my turtle Nancy is a three toed box turtle! of course shes a lot younger and not as wise as yours yet but she is my little angle!


P.S. you might want to give her a cuddle bone becuz it looks like she might have a overgrown beak(just a suggestion:)

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11/20/2010 04:28.19 PM Report This Comment  
  Right back at you! Here's votes for both Rufus and Monty. Make sure if you get a North American Wood Turtle that's a captive bred specimen. Be sure to check the local laws. They are considered endangered throughout most of their natural habitat.

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08/21/2010 08:37.49 AM Report This Comment  
  Aww,she's adorable! Here's a vote! Come visit my reptiles!

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08/20/2010 02:26.56 PM Report This Comment  
  Great looking EBT! Here's a vote.

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08/19/2010 05:47.40 PM Report This Comment  
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