Recent content by Don Z.

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    Help for a misidentified aquatic turtle

    I agree with you ascott...I was anticipating catching some flack or doubt about the use of a fogger but it has saved more than one turtle’s bacon in my experience, and given that we live in the driest state in the country (Nevada), the ambient 14% humidity we have right now is not helping this...
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    Help for a misidentified aquatic turtle

    The reason for the fogger is that right now he is too weak to safely put in more than just a shallow dish of water. Given that he has lived in a relatively dry environment with only drinking water for the past 2 years, the fogger is at least providing him some humidity that healthy and strong...
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    Help for a misidentified aquatic turtle

    He had told me he had a UV-B light in the tank, but when he gave me all of the accessories there was only a UV-A lamp, and a fluorescent tube fixture with a conventional full-spectrum bulb intended for an aquarium setup. I know Reeves are a smaller species, but this guy is way tinier than I...
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    Help for a misidentified aquatic turtle

    We run a small-scale turtle & tortoise rescue and we just received a little guy who had been presumed to be a juvenile box turtle with "a significant genetic mutation", according to a friend of mine who asked us to take him. My friend, in turn, had gotten the turtle several months ago from a...
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