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.
Photo courtesy of Karen Marzynski. Habitat. â¢ In the Wild: Eastern box turtles are found in open woodlands, pastures, and marshy meadows near. ponds and streams in the eastern United States along the East Coast from southern Maine to Florida and. west to Michigan, Illinois, eastern Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.