Carolina box turtles only know people who feed them regularly. Carolina box turtles are relatively low-IQ creatures, and they don't have such a high IQ to distinguish themselves from others.

Carolina box turtles are very timid, In their cognition there are only edible and inedible, safe and dangerous. If the owner of the home regularly feeds, bathes, cleans, plays with, and interacts with the Carolina box turtle, it will gradually become familiar with the owner and will reduce the owner from the dangerous level to the safe level.