Turtles

[AlumniClub]

http://www.turtle-care.com/index.htm

Please see the above links for the care and handling of turtles. If anyone has any other info to add please feel free to add what you can.


GB2

[godfather57]

Here is a great link on Box turtles

http://www.boxturtlesite.info/

[Iluvemturts]

Hi All,
I'm new to the site, and I'm a turtle freak. I currently have a bale of turts/torts
2.2.1 spotted turtles with 3 eggs incubating
2.1 painted turtles
0.1 red eared slider (RES)
0.0.2 Eastern Boxies
1.2 three toed boxies
0.0.1 Leopard tortoise
0.0.2 Hermanns tortoise
1.0 Russian tortoise
0.0.1 common stink pot

a couple of sites and forums I'm on is : turtletimes.com
austinsturtlepage.com

I'd love to chat turt/torts with fellow WI people
HAGD

[CarolsCritterCare]

A few weeks ago I was caring for someone's African Point Tortis's.
They are 5 yrs old and already well over 100#

Carol

[Iluvemturts]

Carol, are The Torts residence of WI? Sounds like a sulcata tort. Sulcatas dig huge burrows. If these guys are fed too much and or too much protein they tend to pyramid...get peeks or points. Is that what you ment about point tortoise?
Please dont take my comment as a critizism - just a torty lover.

[CarolsCritterCare]

The owner said they were "African Point Tortis"
She said they are the kind that live over 100 years.....
If you go to my website I acatully have a pic of one of them
http://carols-critter-care.com/_wsn/page18.html
I dont know how to post pics here.....sorry
Carol

[Iluvemturts]

Hi, I looked at your site and he/she is definatly a Sulcata. Sulcatas native home is Africa. They do live a long time and they get HUGE. lol There is no such tort as a "african point". The tort looks really good...his pyramiding in very Mild if at all. Ive seen pics of deformed torts from improper care ...the pyramiding was like 2 inches high. Very sad.
It makes no difference what name she calls it ...the tort looks great
Tracy

[CarolsCritterCare]

She is very proud of her tortis...she's got 2.
They are both 5 years old. Both look the same.
She said she got them from Hoffers when they were no bigger then a .50 cent piece.
Carol

[CrotalusCo]

We are in the process of forming the Wisconsin Turtle and tortoise society, Email if you would like more info

Hey Tracy