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Vet Chat Answers Common Questions on Turtle Health

WebCommon Health Questions with Answers from Veterinarians. Is a runny nose in a desert tortoise always a respiratory infection or could it be something else? A clear nasal …

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Care and Health Information

WebFeaturing California Turtle and Tortoise Club care-sheets, articles on general care and husbandry including heating, egg incubation, pond building, landscaping, edible and …

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Water Turtle Care SheetCTTC

WebAdding 1/4 cup table salt to each five gallons of water is a good preventative. Fungus remedies sold for tropical fish can be added to the water. Shell and skin fungus can be …

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Upper Respiratory Tract Disease in Tortoises

WebSigns included a mucopurulent discharge from the nares, puffy eyelids, eyes recessed into the orbits, and dullness to the skin and scutes. Based upon these clinical signs, the term …

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Care and Health Tips

WebThe Care and Health Tips page of the Kern County chapter provides links to various organizations that offer information on caring for desert tortoises as well as other species …

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Egg Binding in Chelonians

WebEgg binding refers to the condition where a female oviparous animal is due to lay eggs, but because of some complication, is unable to do so. The result is that the eggs are …

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Conservation Page

WebFeaturing California Turtle and Tortoise Club care-sheets, articles on general care and husbandry including heating, egg incubation, pond building, landscaping, edible and …

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The Tortuga Gazette

WebCalifornia Turtle and Tortoise Club's newsletter, the Tortuga Gazette, posted in digital format. Includes care-sheets, articles on general care and husbandry including heating, …

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Conserving the World's Turtles

WebDiane Levine Interviews Michael Klemens. Dr. Michael W. Klemens, Director of Conservation and the Turtle Recovery Program at the American Museum of Natural …

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An Introduction to the Ingestion of Stones, Bones, Fossils

WebWhile firsthand observations of this phenomenon are rare, the ingestion of external min - eral sources such as stones, bones, fossils, and soil by various turtle species has been …

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Desert Tortoise Diet Requirements

Webwww.kerncttc.org Kern County Turtle & Tortoise Club P.O. Box 81772 Bakersfield, CA 93380 Desert Tortoise Diet Requirements These feeding guidelines have been …

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Molecular biology and the turtle, the desert tortoise and its …

WebOver the years, experts in the field came to realize that the genus Gopherus really included two groups of tortoises, separable on the basis of differences in their bone and shell …

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Captive Husbandry of the Eastern Clemmys by Dennis W. Herman

WebThe largely terrestrial wood turtle, Clemmys insculpta, is the largest member of the group and is found in unpolluted streams with sandy bottoms from southern Canada to northern …

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Reeves Turtle, Chinemys reevesii by Mae Smith

WebThe Reeves' (or coin) turtle is the Asian version of our spotted, bog, and wood turtles. For a long time listed in the genus Geoclemys, it is now referred to as Chinemys reevesii. They …

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The Chihuahuan Desert Tortoise: the Bolson tortoise, Gopherus

WebThe largest of the known species of Gopherus tortoises, the bolson tortoise, G. flavomarginatus, is also the largest terrestrial reptile in North America.In its native …

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Chinese Box Turtle, Cistoclemmys flavomarginata by Michael J.

WebDescription. Cistoclemmys flavomarginata has been given a variety of common names including Chinese box turtle, yellow-margined box turtle, golden-headed turtle and snake …

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