Soft tissue surgery including abdominal, thoracic, head and neck, and limb surgeries. Orthopedic including Total Hip Replacement, TPLO, TTA, fracture repair, angular limb deformity repair, joint stabilization procedures, lameness evaluations, medical management of lameness, rehabilitative therapy.
Physical Description. The eastern box turtle is small (4.5 to 6 inches shell width, up to eight inch shell length), land turtle with a high, dome-like upper shell (carapace). Younger box turtles can be distinguished by their flatter carapaces.
The Eastern box turtle is one of four. sub-species of box turtles found east of the Mississippi and is the most com -. mon terrestrial turtle in the eastern United States. The box turtle was named. for its ability to completely box up inside its shell when it feels threatened.