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-Wayne
today i visited my Grandmas house and took a trip to the creek. i found this turtle shell but i feel stupid because i cant identify the species. (I was in eastern Iowa)
Thanks for all help,
Wayne
i have been looking at the US Fish and wildlife website to find out about permits that i would need to keep cb turtles that are endangered in the wild here in Iowa. im sure it may be like the permits to keep desert torts in Cali, but i just dont know which ones i need and even if US fish and...
well i was woken up early this morning. our tornado sirens went started blaring at 5:15am and didn't stop until 5:30am i quickly turned on the news to see what was going on because my weather radio had not started with any warning. well the news said it was a severe weather alert. but the storm...
today Bob went to the vet. he started showing signs of RI. the vet was very nice and knew a lot about torts. ( she has some of her own) i was so worried because i had never been to this vet. she was very nice and i would recomend her to anyone.
back to Bob: he has upper respirtory infection...
i have a question. why is it harder to find female Russian tortoises? i can only find males and the females i do find are all wild caught. ugh. the females might be at a higher demand to offset the male population (with breeding).
Today when i was soaking my torts Bob started sqeeking. to give you an idea of the sound it was like when a tort pulls its head in really fast. it just started today and so i'm watching my torts closer to see if anything else is out of the ordinary. do you have any thoughts on why or what...
my sister got these plants and i just wanted to know if they would be safe for my Russian torts to eat.
Carnation/ Chabaud Giant
Columbine/ Dragonfly Hybrids
thanks for your thoughts
i found these and thought someone might want to take a peek.
http://zoomed.com/db/products/EntryDetail.php?EntryID=244&DatabaseID=2&SearchID=1
http://www.zoomed.com/db/products/EntryDetail.php?EntryID=245&DatabaseID=2&SearchID=3
i didn't know they made that stuff
i have been looking at some of the pics today and i am now very jealous. Sunshine and warmer weather uhg. i have snow and ice here in Iowa and even my torts are jealous. why cant we have that warm weather and sunshine. lol have a great day everyone........
hey everyone, i was wondering if anyone had some female Russian torts that they were looking to sell/re-home. of coarse i will not be looking to acquire the torts until the weather warms up. thanks