Eastern Box Turtle

New Year, Same Turtle Team

Hello! Welcome to the 2021 Turtle Team blog! If you're new here, my name is Kelcie Fredrickson and I am a rising third year veterinary student and the 2021 Turtle Team leader. This summer, like every summer, we are doing population based health assessments in Eastern and Ornate box turtles throughout Illinois and Tennessee. Turtle [...]

New Year, Same Turtle TeamKelcie Fredrickson2021-05-12T15:00:33-05:00

Turtle team’s final week

Katy is introducing our recaptured turtle Rose to trees. During the final week of turtle team's field season, we were joined by a few familiar faces! Fourth years Ivana, Brina and Katy joined us while fulfilling their professional development requirement for clinics. This week, we visited the same sites as we did in [...]

Turtle team’s final weekKelcie Fredrickson2020-07-29T09:52:39-05:00

Turtle Tour 2020™ Part 2: Eastern Box Turtles

After a week in the field, the days following get pretty crazy! The first thing we do upon our return to the lab, is unpack the truck and put the samples in the freezer. Most days, we still have unfinished lab work to complete for the turtles we sampled that day in the field, [...]

Turtle Tour 2020™ Part 2: Eastern Box TurtlesKelcie Fredrickson2020-06-23T17:22:16-05:00