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All Turtles Are Sold Only For:

Educational, Scientific or Export Purposes

Turtle Introduction
 

Housing for your Turtle
 

Water Hygiene and Sanitation for your Turtle
 

Temperature

Light

Diet and Feeding

Hibernation

Sexing and Breeding

Signs of Illness

Problems Requiring Veterinary Attention (nutritional Disorders)

Bacterial Infections

Parasite problems

Injuries

Foreign Body Ingestion

Drowning

"Beak" Overgrowth

Reproductive Problems (other then egg-binding)

Prolepses

Further Information about Water Turtles

 

The Turtle Man

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Care of Water Turtles

"Beak" Overgrowth

Turtles and tortoises, like birds, have "beaks".  These horny coverings of both the upper and owner jaws tend to grow continuously for life.  In the wild, the upper and lower beaks wear down as fast as they grow.  In captivity, however, they overgrow, and periodically must be trimmed by an experienced veterinarian or veterinary technician.


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