Turtles & Tortoises
If you want to know about turtles or tortoises and how to care for them, Turtle Times is the leading website for all things turtles.
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Three-Toed Box Turtle Care Guide
The Three-Toed box turtle (Terrapene mexicana triunguis) is the second-most-kept North American box turtle in the pet trade after the…
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Eastern Box Turtle Care: Tank, Diet & Outdoor Guide
The Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is the most-kept box turtle in the US pet trade and the species…
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Finding a Reptile Vet: Emergency Turtle Health Guide
Finding a reptile-experienced exotics vet before you need one is the single most important piece of turtle-keeping infrastructure. Linda answers…
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Turtle Hibernation & Brumation: Complete Guide
Brumation — the reptile equivalent of hibernation — is the area of turtle keeping that causes the most anxiety for…
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Russian Tortoise Care: Horsfield’s Tortoise Guide
Russian tortoises (Testudo horsfieldii, also called Horsfield’s tortoise) are the smallest of the commonly-kept Testudo species and the species we…
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Hermann’s Tortoise Care: UK Keeper’s Complete Guide
Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni) is the species we recommend most often to UK and European first-time tortoise keepers — legal…
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Outdoor Turtle Pond Construction: Complete Build Guide
An outdoor turtle pond is the single biggest welfare improvement a keeper can make for any aquatic species — better…
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Red-Foot Tortoise Care: Humid Setup, Diet, Lifespan
Red-foot tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonarius) are the species we recommend most often to keepers in warm climates who want a tortoise…
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Sulcata Tortoise Care: Enclosure, Diet & Long-Term Reality
The sulcata tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) is the third-largest tortoise in the world and one of the most-impulse-bought reptiles in the…
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Mediterranean Tortoise Diet: Hermann’s, Greek, Russian Guide
Mediterranean tortoise diet is the area Marcus answers most questions about — specifically, the area where the most well-intentioned new…
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