With three-toed domestic turtles becoming harder to come by, we find
our turtle and tortoise base expanding into other species.
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North American Wood Turtle, Clemmys insculpta.
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Greek tortoise. Similar but pricier.
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Greek tortoise, not exactly a pretty example.
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Baby Greek tortoise. Much cuter.
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Baby Greek tortoise on lunch break.
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Ornate box turtle on display at Saylorville Dam Visitor Center.
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Actually, any baby tortoise scores very high on the cuteometer.
Leopard tortoise.
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Another little leopard just emerging from his toilette.
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Cute but a little shy.
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Another leopard tortoise at the Aqualand all-you-can-eat buffet.
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Map turtle.
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Intriguing chevron.
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Serrated shell in back but no map on top.
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Intriguing pattern on top.
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Different (and shyer) map turtle..
Gae Weber, Atlantic Beach, FL, July 27, 2010
I once had a box turtle I rescued from the side of the road
after
she'd been half-squashed by a car. She had several splits
in her
shell, but eventually (with a little Bondo to help) she got
herself
back together. Two things about her:
One, there is nothing cuter
than a box turtle eating a dog biscuit. When I found her I
wasn't
sure what to give her and my vet agreed that dog biscuits
were an
acceptable stopgap. As it turned out, she loved them so she
always
had them available.
Two, if you do not have e perfectly mowed lawn and you want
to let your turtle out for a stroll, but you don't want to
have to spend an hour hunting her up later, duct tape a
helium balloon's string to her. If nothing else it will
give your next door neighbor something to talk about.
Thanks for taking the time to read all this,
A: Thanks for the info. I'll
add your turtle tip to my turtle page. LA
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