Chelonian

The Chelonian category covers turtles, tortoises, and terrapins within recent news and captive care articles as well as herpetological pursuits and efforts to save the species which are threatened by varying changes in their habitat and beyond.

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Of Gopher Tortoises & Torture

This entry was posted in Chelonian Conscious Keeper Reptiles and tagged Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Gopher Tortoise Florida Gopher Tortoise Torture on July 18, 2014 by Chris M. Law

On July 17th, two teenage girls released a couple of videos on YouTube of them actively trying to set a state and federally protected Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) on fire using rubbing alcohol. When that didn’t provide them the results they desired, they resorted to throwing it out in the middle of the street and […]

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Tortoise Onesies!

This entry was posted in Chelonian News Reptiles and tagged artist clothes costume crochet etsy John F Taylor knit onesies Shopping tortoise Turtle Turtles and Tortoises on March 10, 2014 by Becky Billard

Tortoise Cozies! Yes, you read that correctly. Tortoise…cozies. Just like the human fad of onesies! Check out MossyTortoise’s Etsy Shop, where 10% of the shops income benefits the International Reptile Rescue in Canby,Oregon

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Reptile Food Chart Guest Article by Dr. Bogoslavsky

This entry was posted in Chelonian Lizard Care Lizards Reptile Health Reptiles Tortoise Care Turtle Care and tagged chuckwalla diet Green Iguana diet Green Iguana food Reptile Safe Vegetables Safe Reptile Foods tortoise diet turtle diet on April 12, 2013 by John F Taylor

Safe reptile foods are always debated about what’s actually safe to feed when it comes to vegetables and fruits thanks to Dr. Bogoslavsky we have that information now available.

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