Tags: disease, intestinal infection, Salmonella, shell fungus, softening of the shell, sore eyes, terrapin, turtle

Common Turtle Diseases: What You Should Know

Turtles make lovely pets. Unfortunately, most pet owners know very little about them and their health. Here’s some information about common turtle diseases. Salmonella (Intestinal Infection) Symptoms: Bloody stools, diarrhea, loss of appetite. Highly contagious disease that usually arises from dirty water and contaminated food. Caution: salmonella can be passed to humans. ...

What Are The Best Food For Turtles?

Just like you, your pet turtles will enjoy a varied diet. Here’s a list of food your turtle or terrapin will love. Commercial Turtle Food: Commercial turtle food is convenient and available at most aquarium and pet stores. It usually comes in “stick” form and requires no preparation. Make sure ...

9 Tips on Buying Small Pets

Most people would regard rabbit, guinea pig, mouse, fish, bird, chinchilla, turtle, hamster, and gerbil as small pets. In some cases, dogs (teacup) might be included. Simply put it, any pet that can be held easier with one hand would consider small animals. Although these tips are universal to buying ...

Turtle: Red-eared Slider

The Red-eared Slider is the most popular turtle breed among budding hobbyists. Just before you go get this popular reptile as a pet you might want to read some interesting facts I've listed here. Scientific name: Trachemys Scripta Elegans Common name: Red-eared Slider Characteristics: A Red-eared Slider is distinguished by the red ...