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Wood Turtle Care: Outdoor Pen, Diet & Husbandry Guide
Wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) are one of the most distinctive species in the trade — sculpted, almost geological-looking shells with…
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Spotted Turtle Care: Tank Setup & Diet Guide
Spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata) are the species most readers describe as “the prettiest small turtle in the trade.” Jet-black carapace,…
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Reeves Turtle Care Guide: Tank Setup & Diet
The Reeves turtle (Mauremys reevesii) is the species we recommend most often to UK and European keepers who want a…
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Box Turtle Diet: Complete Feeding Guide
Box turtle diet is where most box turtle health problems begin. The species sits awkwardly between aquatic-turtle and tortoise feeding…
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Snapping Turtle Care: Tank, Diet, Outdoor Pond Guide
Snapping turtles are the species we’re most cautious about recommending. They’re long-lived, they grow enormous, they can deliver a serious…
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Softshell Turtle Tank Setup: Complete Care Guide
Softshell turtles are the weird ones — flat as a pancake, leathery instead of bony, with snorkel-like noses and the…
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Basking Area Setup: Complete Guide for Aquatic Turtles
The basking area is the single most-important part of an aquatic turtle setup that new keepers get wrong. Tom’s seen…
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Can Turtles Eat Strawberries? Fruit-Feeding Guide
This is one of the questions Linda answers most often: “can my turtle eat strawberries?” The short answer is yes,…
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Cooter Turtle Tank Setup: Complete Guide
Cooters are the larger, calmer cousins of sliders — same family (Emydidae), similar husbandry, but considerably bigger as adults and…
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