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Feeding ReptoMin Select-A-Food to Aquatic Frogs, Turtles, Newts, Tadpoles and Shrimp

[…]for live food specialists such as the mata mata, nearly every aquatic and semi-aquatic turtle relishes ReptoMin and freeze dried shrimp.  Due to the high calcium needs of growing turtles, I tend to supplement their diets quite frequently with whole fishes and crayfish as well.  I vary the percentage of […]
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Reptile Gardens – Growing Food Plants and Attracting Insects for Your Pets – Part 2

[…]Anachris and other hearty aquatic plants, many of which are important natural foods for aquatic turtles.  Keep a few minnows in the pond to consume mosquito larvae. You can also easily (almost too easily!) grow water hyacinth and water lettuce – both look great in terrariums housing frogs, newts and […]
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Spring Field Trips: Amphibians, Reptiles, Invertebrates, Birds

[…]turtle wrangler who hauled him out for closer inspection! Snappers are about as cold-tolerant as a turtle can be…several years ago I found one basking on February 16th. By mid-April, they are usually their normal feisty selves, ready and willing to do battle…not so this cold, old fellow.     […]
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The Best Infrared Temperature Gun for Reptile and Amphibian Terrariums

[…]habitats.  Interesting surprises awaited – for example, I found that Red-Eared Sliders basking on a cool March day in NYC were able to raise their temperatures by at least 20 F above that of the air.   Creating suitable basking areas for my pets and exhibit animals suddenly became much simpler.  […]
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Reptile Intelligence – Red-Footed Tortoises Learn by Imitation

[…]Reading Video of the experiment described above is posted here. Please see my article on Wood Turtle Intelligence for a look at another remarkably bright Chelonian. Many of the lizards I’ve worked with have shown remarkable learning abilities…please see Learning in Rhino Iguanas and other Lizards. Bottom Red-footed Tortoise image […]
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Tortoise Care – Keeping Desert, Forest and Grassland Tortoises

[…]in several species. Adults can be fed 5-7 times weekly, juveniles daily.   Further Reading NY Turtle & Tortoise Society Seminar (Galapagos Tortoises, others) Turtle Conservancy Newsletter: Ploughshare Tortoises mating Tortoises Learn by Imitation Radiated Tortoise videos and info Flat Tailed Tortoise image referenced from wikipedia and originally posted by […]
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Reptile Awareness Day – Lend Your Favorite Creatures a Helping Hand!

[…]tree stumps to the shallows. On return visits to the river, the children were happy to see both turtles and water snakes utilizing the new basking spots. Water Snakes in NYC Another surprisingly effective project that I enjoyed was the reintroduction of northern water snakes to the banks of the […]
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Rough and Smooth Green Snakes – Beautiful Insect-Eaters for Planted Terrariums – Part 2

[…]Snakes (Opheodrys aestivus and O. vernalis). Heat An ambient temperature of 70-76 F is ideal.  A basking site of 80-85F should be available as well. Light There is some evidence that, in contrast to most snakes, Green Snakes benefit from exposure to UVB light.  A moderate-output bulb, such as the […]
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Lessons Learned – An Anole-Keeping 1960’s Flashback

[…]“instructions” printed on the box directed budding herpetologists to feed their charges “turtle food” (dried ant pupae, at the time) and “sugar water”.  We now know that Green Anoles do lap at nectar, but a bowl of sugar water and dried pupae were, to say the least, not welcomed by […]
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Day Gecko Care – Terrarium Set Up and the Best Supplies

[…]daytime period of 12-14 hours should be established. Heat Ambient temperatures of 82-88 F, with a basking spot of 90-95 F, will suit most (please post below for information on individual species). Incandescent spotlights may be used by day; ceramic heaters or red/black reptile “night bulbs” are useful after dark. […]
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