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Handling Tortoises
Is a Tortoise the Right Pet?
Pet-Keepers Manifesto
Selecting a Tortoise
Tortoise Basics
Can My Tortoise Hear Me?
Natural History
Salmonella
Sexing Tortoises
Taxonomy and Species List
The 4 inch Law
Tortoise Anatomy & Senses
Turtle or Tortoise?
Species Care Information
Asian Forest Tortoises (Indotestudo)
Hingeback Tortoises (Kinyxys)
Indochinese Tortoises (Manouria)
Russian tortoises (Testudo horsfieldii)
South American forest tortoises (Chelonoidis)
‘Cherry-heads’ or Easterns
Natural History
Red- and Yellow-foot Range Map
Terrestrial Turtles Overview
Breeding
Neonatal Care of Red-footed Tortoises
Nesting and Incubation for Red-footed Tortoises
Housing
‘Free-roaming’ Tortoises in the Home
Enrichments
Heating
Humidity
Indoor Enclosures
Lighting
Outdoor Housing Basics
Planting an Interesting Habitat
Shelter/Hides
Substrates
Health and Medical
Emergency Planning
First Aid Skills (to be deleted)
Healthy Weight and Size
Hydration and Dehydration
Hygiene
Metabolic Bone Disease
Mid-Winter Blues
Nursing Care and Shock
Other Medical Issues
Pests and Parasites [incomplete]
Pumpkin as a Dewormer
Respiratory Infections
Shell Conditioners (New!)
Shell Damage, Nails, Beak
Shell Rot
Soft Tissue Injuries
Symptoms Guide
Understanding Pyramiding
Upside Down Tortoise
Nutrition
Anti-Nutrients and Toxins
Food List
Herbivore Diet
Hind Gut Fermentation
Improper Diet Cascade
Nutritional Guidelines- Vitamin Doses, Etc.
Nutritional Values- Other [corrupted- needs work]
Nutritional Values- Plants [corrupted- needs work]
Omnivore Diet
Supplements
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Turtles in Popular Culture
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