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Chipdog in time you could be the one that writes that caresheet for Aldabras.

Jen this is the site. Chelonian Anatomy Poster $14.95
Its a pretty great poster but it is not laminated. Be careful where you take it to laminate it the first place ruined mine when they laminated it. Then refused to replace it.

http://exoticdvm.com/index.cfm?fuseactio...roup_id=1&

Before the net there was books and the actual researchers. Connections to these sources started with the library or letter writing. Then there is organizations such as the SSAR and the Herpetologists league in addition to the British Herp Society and the British Chelonian Group. The major US turtle groups have been mentioned but the Chicago Herp society and quite a few others are missing. Then there is the IHS... International Herpetological Symposium...

I've got the luxury of working for the airlines. When I was researching an animal I'd get the few references I could find and go to the references of that. Then I'd hunt down those original references. The best libraries I could find was the Museum of Natural History in NY and the Academy of Science in San Francisco. There are many more. There is a Dr. G. Adler who is a serious herp book collector. I think he is at the University of Michigan... could be wrong... the point is that he opens his library to his students and he's go books hundreds of years old. Then there was the correspondence with the actual people working with a particular animal...

That was actually easier for me than the people who actually wrote the material I was researching.

The internet. I think how many people actually realize how wonderful this medium is... but it's only as good as the information that is printed here.

-EJ Wrote:The internet. I think how many people actually realize how wonderful this medium is... but it's only as good as the information that is printed here.

Yup, ANYONE can write up a care sheet and throw it up on a website. Doesnt mean its correct, always good to dig deeper and look other places to compare.

The internet is a probably best thing to come along for research since the printing press. Before this, I was limited by finances as far as materials available for research (even university libraries had limited info on reptiles let alone torts). I lot of my husbandry was by instinct (i.e. what I saw native animals doing )and National Geagraphic Mags (what the Amazon basin was like) and an all expense paid trip (via Uncle Sam) to Thailand. All I can say is now we have over 40 years of hard earned and often heartbreaking experience to draw on. Thank you longtime stewards of these wonderful creatures.

Pablo Wrote:Before I decided on my Hermann's tort I was online day and night researching. My husband thought I was nuts! But, after I knew what I was getting I talked to other turtle/tort people and found a really great breeder. We emailed back and forth for a while before I finally said, "Send me my baby!" He also recommended a great book for Mediterraneans called, Chelonian Library Volume 2: Hermann's Tortoise Boettger's and Dalmatian Tortoises, by Holger Vetter. I look at it a lot - along with close to 10 other books I bought just in case . I wanted to know everything. The more you know, the more you can relax and enjoy.

Jeri...where did you get the Holger Vetter book? How much?
Patsy

I found it on Amazon for $52-$59
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/rept...ise-books/ for $49.00
Just type in the author and it should give you quite a list of his books.

right now, i only have few books (e.g: turtle and tortoise for dummies.. ) and some textbooks of turtle and tort. but usually, i joined forums to get knowledge from expert in that forum.. so, i can learn how to take care my tort well..

K9KidsLove Wrote:

Pablo Wrote:Before I decided on my Hermann's tort I was online day and night researching. My husband thought I was nuts! But, after I knew what I was getting I talked to other turtle/tort people and found a really great breeder. We emailed back and forth for a while before I finally said, "Send me my baby!" He also recommended a great book for Mediterraneans called, Chelonian Library Volume 2: Hermann's Tortoise Boettger's and Dalmatian Tortoises, by Holger Vetter. I look at it a lot - along with close to 10 other books I bought just in case . I wanted to know everything. The more you know, the more you can relax and enjoy.

Jeri...where did you get the Holger Vetter book? How much?
Patsy

Hi Patsy. I bought my copy on http://www.zoobooksales.com for $45. Its been very helpful.