Blog Feed: Pet Turtles And More

Peach the RES and Myrtle & Snappy, yellow bellied sliders

Published on 2011-10-10 22:12:49

Because it’s been a while since we’ve featured submitted pet turtle pictures, here’s two: Reader Juan shares with us a picture of his hatchling pet red ear slider turtle, Peach. Juan says he misses her a lot… That is one cute RES hatchling! What happened to Peach? Leo shares a picture of his two happy [...] > read more

What’s your favorite brand of pet turtle food?

Published on 2011-09-26 13:42:01

Since most pet turtles do not regularly eat home-prepared food (from our turtle poll results – only 22% get home prepared food at least weekly), it can be safely stated that most pet turtles get commercial pet food purchased from a store or online. When it comes to buying food though, there are so many [...] > read more

Survey Results: Do you feed your pet turtles home-made food?

Published on 2011-08-25 22:26:06

Based on 113 answers, the following are the survey results for the question “Do you feed your pet turtles home-made food?” This is a review of the answers provided to this pet turtle related question (note: all percentages listed have been rounded up). Of all (100% of) voters the following have said that they give [...] > read more

watching sea turtle hatchlings emerge on the florida coast

Published on 2011-08-01 06:04:44

Taking a hint from our article turtle vacations and activities, I took a vacation with my family with the not-so-secret intention to watch sea turtles nest & lay eggs and see little turtle hatchlings emerge and make their run to the ocean. A Florida summer vacation is a great idea. Spend all day with the [...] > read more

John’s Sulcata and cherry head tortoise

Published on 2011-06-23 22:46:40

Pet turtle keeper John BK, an animal lover who blogs at Practical Zoophilia shares some photos of his pet turtles. First up is Tank, a sulcata tortoise: Tank is the sulcata’s name because, well, it’s obvious: Tank is a tank, armoured, slo > read more

turtle summer vacations and activities

Published on 2011-05-30 15:22:47

Summer is the best time for a turtle-lover to get outdoors! Hibernating turtles are all awake, the sun is bright with aquatic turtles basking, beach sand is warm with sea turtles laying eggs and their hatchlings scuttling across the shore to the ocea > read more

Do you feed your pet turtles home-made food?

Published on 2011-05-24 23:13:14

Pet turtles are omnivorous, which is good because it means they can eat both meat and plants. It also means they eat everything, living or not (sometimes they even eat their own solid waste!). Some pet turtles eat nothing but commercially prepared pe > read more

Survey Results: Do you use feeder fish for your pet turtles?

Published on 2011-05-15 13:33:13

Based on 173 votes, the following are the survey results for the question “Do you use feeder fish for your pet turtles?” This is a review of the answers provided (note: all percentages provided have been rounded up). Respondents that do use feede > read more

Top 6 Mother’s Day Turtle Gift Ideas

Published on 2011-04-21 01:11:37

Wow, this year sure went by fast! In my mind, yesterday was New Year’s Day and it was a winterwonderland outside — and then all of a sudden it’s springtime and mother’s day already!! So, if you’re anything like me there& > read more

How to have a healthy pet turtle

Published on 2011-03-14 15:39:19

Pet turtle health problems Pet turtles, like all living things, are… well, alive. They can get sick, catch disease, bacteria, virus, parasites – and they too can have all sorts of health problems. Problems with their skin, eyes, respirato > read more

Ninja Turtles Flash Game: Sewer Surf Showdown

Published on 2011-03-10 21:48:43

Another Ninja turtle flash game, another short detour from regular pet turtle related content….This time with Sewer Surf Showdown. This game is hard and challenging…. In this game master Splinter has been captured (by one foot soldier) an > read more

Central Park eastern box turtle

Published on 2011-02-23 22:00:51

Those are pictures of an eastern box turtle found in Central Park in Manhattan, New York, NY. Eastern box turtles have a high domed-shelled which is usually brown, olive, or black with brightly-colored patterns of lines, spots and blotches. The turtl > read more

Do you use feeder fish for your pet turtles?

Published on 2011-02-02 08:38:53

The use of feeder fish for pet turtles (or other pets such as fish) is somewhat controversial. It is both encouraged and discouraged for several valid, not so valid, and even made-up reasons. Some of the reasons for using / not using feeder fish incl > read more

Survey Results: Do you feed your pet turtle/s live food?

Published on 2011-01-24 13:55:14

Based on 103 votes, the following are the survey results for the question “Do you feed your pet turtle/s live food?” Generally, pet turtles are: 48.54% Yes, fed live food 51.46% No, not fed live food I’m surprised that pet turtle owners are > read more

Ninja Turtles Flash Game: Mouser mayhem

Published on 2011-01-10 10:04:16

Taking a short detour from our regular pet turtle content…. with flash games. Flash games are a fun way to kill a few minutes and even a few hours. When the flash games features turtles, even better. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles….just > read more

Year of the Turtle

Published on 2011-01-03 15:46:52

With 40% of all turtle species worldwide marked as endangered species, several turtle conservation groups have declared 2011 as the Year of the Turtle. The goal is to raise awareness about turtles and address the issues to ensure the survival of the > read more

Christmas Turtles

Published on 2010-12-27 10:58:59

In case you didn’t know it (and now you do), turtles love Christmas! Here’s a random collection of Holiday celebrating turtles (pets and other kinds of turtles) from around the web. Up first, turtles singing Christmas songs from the Teena > read more

Ninja Turtles Flash Game: Turtle Brawl

Published on 2010-12-13 16:57:14

Most kids of the 80s (as well as other kids) think of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as some of the coolest turtles out there… The Turtles was a very popular and widespread cartoon in its heyday. Anyway, amidst all the busy-ness of the interw > read more

How to make a pet turtle basking platform, part 2

Published on 2010-12-06 11:58:01

See How to make a pet turtle basking platform for part 1 of this series. Step 3: Drill Holes You will need to drill holes on the pet turtle main basking platform, climbing ramp, support pieces, and corkbark surfaces. The holes will be used by the zip > read more

How to make a pet turtle basking platform, part 1

Published on 2010-11-29 15:54:17

See How to make a pet turtle basking platform for part 2 of this series. After looking through many commercially available pet turtle basking platforms (see all my pet turtle basking platform reviews) and looking through custom made basking platforms > read more

Cute turtle face pictures

Published on 2010-11-25 19:54:06

Just to make you smile, here are some cute pictures of pet turtles. Enjoy Here’s a picture of Zeus, a pet Australian Eastern long neck turtle: Picture by reggie35 And also a picture of a Malayan / Philippine box turtle: Turtle picture by whitep > read more

Top 8 Holiday Gift Ideas for Turtle Lovers

Published on 2010-11-22 11:57:42

With the official start of holiday gift shopping just around the corner, there’s no better time than now to start planning your shopping list and getting those gifts ready!! Because it can be diificult at times to decide what to get a turtle lo > read more