How to Care for a Turtle: Choosing a Pet Turtle

Here’s a video that would have come in useful for us when we purchased our pet turtles.

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Friday Finds: Sterling Silver Charcoal Chinese Jade Turtle Pendant

Welcome to my new series, Friday Finds, where I’ll be showcasing a new turtle related product each Friday for all you turtle lovers out there. This week’s Friday Find is for those of you out there who like a little bling or know someone that does…

From Amazon.com

This beautiful turtle pendant is crafted in bright sterling silver with an openwork shell pattern overlaying a pear-shaped cabochon of dark charcoal gray Chinese jade. It presents on an 18-inch sterling silver box chain. In Chinese culture, the turtle is a symbol of strength, endurance, patience, and longevity. It symbolizes the universe also, with its shell representing the great dome of the sky, and its belly the earth and the waters.

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Photo Wednesday: Turtle Taxi

“Turtle taxi” by emilycm, on Flickr

Way. Too. Cute.

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Pet Turtle Care: Mini Pet Turtles

Mini turtles are easier to keep as small pets than larger turtles. Something to consider if you’re getting a pet for your child.

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Friday Finds: Munchkin Baby Bath Turtles

Welcome to my new series, Friday Finds, where I’ll be showcasing a new turtle related product each Friday for all you turtle lovers out there. This week’s Friday Find is for those of you looking for some bathtime fun! I know I’ll be adding these to my list of baby toys to get…

From Amazon.com

These four colorful, floating, magnetic Munchkin Baby Bath Turtles make bath time more fun for baby and easier for mom and dad. Ideal for babies 12 months or older, each colorful turtle is its own interactive toy–a mirror for sight, rattle for sound, and balls for rolling and spinning fun. The captivating colors and sounds stimulate little senses and keep your baby busy while you get them squeaky clean. The turtles are just the right size for little hands to grasp, which makes them perfect for dry land as well as for floating fun. Magnets are strong enough to stay together in the water but easy enough to pull apart. This toy won the Creative Child Magazine 2007 Seal of Excellence Award. About Munchkin Munchkin makes the world a better place for babies and moms. Munchkin, Inc. develops clever, innovative products that excite and delight parents, children, and pets. The company was founded in 1991 on the premise that it could anticipate and serve modern… (more…)

Photo Wednesday: Swimming with Sea Turtles

“Swimming with sea turtles” by complexify., on Flickr

Love pictures like these…

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Pet Turtle Care: My Turtle Won’t Eat

Expertvillage has tons of great videos on pet turtle care. I’ll be posting a few in the coming weeks.

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Friday Finds: Brutool Lagerhead Black & Tan Turtle Bottle Opener

Welcome to my new series, Friday Finds, where I’ll be showcasing a new turtle related product each Friday for all you turtle lovers out there. This week’s Friday Find is for all you beer drinkers out there…

The Black and Tan Turtle is the ultimate device for creating classic Black and Tans and other layered beers. Formed from premium-grade stainless steel, the endangered Macroclemys temminicki (alligator snapping turtle) is known to be the animal most closely resembling a black-and-tan spoon in nature, possessing the shell-shape, claws and snappers to be a natural for the job! Perhaps this makes the alligator snapping turtle the stout-lover’s best friend. The claws fit perfectly on a pint glass, the body transforms a stream of stout into tiny rivulets which facilitate layering. The mouth of the snapper makes for a handy bottle opener, too. And for animal lovers and those concerned with natural environments, portions of the proceeds from every purchase of this hip, dual-function tool go to the Lagerhead Foundation, an organization dedicated to turtle habitat conservation and restoration projects. Last but not least, this snappy guy comes packaged with recipes for ten different… (more…)

Photo Wednesday: Green and Bear It

“Green and bear it” by Pandiyan, on Flickr

Now this tortoise is swimming in an area with some seriously good lighting!

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It’s a Sulcata Party!

They’re just so much fun to watch.

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