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As I sit in my backyard enjoying the flowers and the songbirds, something steps on my toes: something heavy and very hard. It's Pearl, my 35-pound leopard tortoise. As Pearl tries to climb up my leg, I hand her a rose blossom; after all, that's what she wants. I've had Pearl since she was a hatchling, and she's a bit spoiled. Pearl, who has beautiful cream-yellow coloring with black splotches, is bright, alert, vigorous, and healthy. (I'm especially proud of her being healthy because many people have a difficult time keeping leopard tortoises in good health.)
My addiction to turtles and tortoises began over 20 years ago when my husband and I adopted two desert tortoises. We soon became involved in turtle and tortoise adoption, joined several herpetological societies (groups of reptile and amphibian hobbyists) and turtle and tortoise clubs - things just seemed to escalate from there. We've discovered a lot over the years, and this book is a result of that education, giving you all the information you need to choose the right turtle or tortoise and keep him healthy and happy.
In our turtle and tortoise rescue work, my husband and I took in many chelonians (turtles and tortoises) who had been cared for improperly - either kept in incorrect environmental conditions or fed an incorrect diet. We found that many people simply didn't know how to care for their turtles or tortoises or had been given the wrong instructions as to how to care for them.
If you're a beginning turtle and tortoise keeper, this book will get you started right. You can find out what you need to know to house, feed, care for your chelonian, and much, much more. You can even discover how to find a reptile veterinarian.
If you're more expert at keeping turtles and tortoises, you may find some of this information rather basic. But in these pages, you can still pick up some new ideas. As you probably already know, keeping reptiles is an ever-changing experience!
You can read this book cover to cover, but you don't have to use it that way. Instead, feel free to use this book as a reference. If you want to know something about a particular topic, go straight to that chapter for the information you need.
Scientists have identified about a dozen different families of turtles and tortoises. All 250 different species (or types) of turtles and tortoises are identified by a common name, such as eastern box turtle, and a Latin scientific name, such as Terrapene carolina carolina. For simplicity's sake, I refer to the turtles and tortoises in this book by their common names. However, to keep misunderstandings and misidentifications to a minimum, I also have to give you the species Latin name. So, in the sections where I discuss specific species, I use both the common and the scientific names. Although the scientific names may seem quite complicated, they actually simplify identification sometimes. For example, several different types of tortoise have been called spur-thigh tortoises. However, if the particular tortoise is identified as a Geochelone sulcata, you know that this refers to the really big, 200-pound tortoises from Africa.
In addition, I show temperature in Fahrenheit, not Celsius. If you're used to the Celsius scale, use the following table to convert:
°F
°C
105
40.5
68
20.0
104
40.0
67
19.4
103
39.4
66
18.9
102
38.9
65
18.3
101
38.3
64
17.8
100
37.7
63
17.2
99
37.2
62
16.7
98
36.6
61
16.1
97
36.1
60
15.5
96
35.5
59
15.0
95
35.0
58
14.4
94
34.4
57
13.9
93
33.9
56
13.3
92
33.3
55
12.8
91
32.7
54
12.2
90
32.2
53
11.7
89
31.6
52
11.1
88
31.1
51
10.5
87
30.5
50
10.0
86
30.0
49
9.4
85
29.4
48
8.9
84
28.9
47
8.3
83
28.3
46
7.8
82
27.8
45
7.2
81
27.2
44
6.7
80
26.6
43
6.1
79
26.1
42
5.6
78
25.5
41
5.0
77
25.0
40
4.4
76
24.4
39
3.9
75
23.9
38
3.3
74
23.3
37
2.8
73
22.8
36
2.2
72
22.2
35
1.7
71
21.6
34
1.1
70
21.1
33
0.6
69
20.5
32
0.0
In writing this book, I made some foolish assumptions about you, dear reader:
I've organized this book into five distinct parts, plus some appendixes. This section gives you the lowdown on what you can find in each part of this book.
Keeping a turtle or tortoise as a pet is different from keeping a dog or cat. This part helps you decide whether a turtle or tortoise is the right pet for you. In addition, you find out how to choose between a turtle and a tortoise - and how to choose the right one for you and your family. I also talk about whether you should keep one, two, or three turtles or tortoises - after all, they can be addictive!
This part describes some of the most popular species of pet turtles and tortoises: where they came from and how much care they need. You can find information about aquatic turtles, who spend most or all of their time in the water; semi-aquatic turtles, who spend most, but not all, of their time in the water; semi-terrestrial turtles, who spend most of their time on land but do go into the water; and last but certainly not least, terrestrial turtles, who spend most of their time on land. Not all turtles are alike; in fact,...
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