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An 8 year old girl from Georgia has started a petition to stop helium balloon releases in her state and has asked for support from the turtle community. If you would like to help her out and sign the petition, go to the link below...

Just got my new "Health Care & Rehabilitation of Turtles & Tortoises" book!!!! FYI,, They are available through amazon or for $32 including shipping through the TSA! http://www.turtlesurvival.org/

Some of my children! Enjoy! [hr] Some of my children! Enjoy!

Last year, I learned of an event benefiting children with autism in Wesley Chapel, Florida. It is called Sensitive Santa, and gives autistic children a chance to meet Santa in a less-stimulating environment, (you know, not in the crowded insanity of normal mall hours). I thought it was such a...

Not sure if i have mentioned this group on here before, but the FRAWG is holding a November meeting this Friday with a focus on turtles. The group is relatively new, consisting of reptile professionals throughout florida. I will post some of the highlights of the meeting here. If you are a fl...

I have posted a few times about using honey for wound care, so here are some links for those interested in learning more about the good properties. I started using honey when our former vet began telling me of its healing properties with no side effects about 4 years ago. Then, I attended...

These babies are so exciting, one is considerably larger than the other one, but both are active & eating well. enjoy!

Any advice is welcome. Here is some background, my new neighbors moved in only about a month & a half ago, have a mid-size dog(mix of maybe pit bull and not sure what else) that barks very aggressively at anyone walking on the sidewalks near the building. The barking generally is followed by...

so, I have noticed one of my ornates sleeping in weird positions over the last couple of months. She will climb onto something so that her plastron is vertical to the ground. She only does this when the other turtles are burrowing or finding their nooks & corners in order to go to sleep. Has...

Occasionally, I try out random food stuffs with my softshells as treats so see what they like and don't like. More often than not, they come over look at it, usually taste it and spit it out. Today was a success with corn, does anyone have anything your softies particularly enjoy as a treat?

Bad news, little cindy is staying overnight at the vet's office tonite. She started straining to lay yesterday afternoon, I stayed up all night with her while she cycled between resting & straining. Good news is she passed one egg on her own after I left the vet, but still has 2 huge ones to...

My smallest ornate loves to make huge eggs. 2 Novembers ago, she laid large eggs, 2 infertile, 1 fertile but died in development. Last September 2010, she laid 1, I had to perform emergency cloacal aspiration on the 2nd, and a trip to the vets confirmed more huge eggs that were aspirated &...

What do you use/recommend using and why? I have always sided towards chlorhexidine because of cautionary literature of using betadine on softshell turtles- but would enjoy your views on this. I have also used nolvasan on amphibians with some success as well, and however use either method...

I just got back from a trip to see family in Texas & had a little surprise-one of my little box turtles getting ready to lay eggs! She has been digging and searching around for the past 2 days now. I am always on pins & needles during this phase. I had a sub-adult male with her, so not sure if...

This will be our second year celebrating world turtle day! May 23 is WTD, but we are celebrating early on Saturday, May 21! Here is a link to some more information about what we are doing in Tampa. http://www.buschgardenstampablog.com/bg-honors-world-turtle-day-2011 It is going to be a...