Gathering names. Thanks for all your suggestions!
We've done a bit of research on our turtle and believe it's a male about 13 years old (based on eye color, shell, tail length, etc...) He was potential road kill, except that my teen was able to stop herself in time. He now has an outdoor habitat that hubby built, will take pics sometime soon. I'm not sure what we plan to do with him. We'll see how it goes. The little one is enjoying learning about him right now (we're homeschoolers, we obsessively learn about everything! lol) but who knows. We might release him back where we found him (which is just around the corner) in a few weeks. I didn't find anywhere it saying that its illegal to pick up box turtles in Missouri. I'll keep checking though.
Just thought I'd throw that out there for those worrying if he was illegal to keep and being kept in a box in the basement. He is uber spoiled. He has lettuce, black and blueberries, tomatoes, fresh worms, fresh water, a sunny spot and a place to hide as well.
You all are so good at this naming thing! Keep it up. She'll choose a winning name by the weekend.