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After a sudden, or so it seems, bout of pneumonia my Purdy, see avatar, has passed away. She started a little but really sunday morning with strange breathing behavior, mouth/head extending up and back and trying to claw at her mouth. Thought she had swallowed something bad. Brought to special...

With the snow melting off and light green growth in our MA yard found this and my tort seemed to like it, but what is it? Harmful??

I am not sure but I think Purdy yelled at me by squeaking when I woke her up this evening for fresh dinner. She has absolutely no signs otherwise of sickness and I have just searched this site for others with similar squeaking. But I gently(so I think) picked her up a few inches and put her near...

Purdy eating youtube video:cool: Someone I chatted with asked if I would posted updated pics so had some fun tonight grabbing these :) This little one is such a joy to watch eat. I gave some romaine leaves to take the pics as she opens her mouth wide and cute while eating it. The video shows...

I have been loving my water turtles for several years now. But since interacting with 2 sulcatas, 'spur thighs' they call them at the local wildlife center, I have wanted a tortoise as well. I knew right away I didn't want a small one. My water children( adult map, adult res, hatchling dbt) are...