With Summer upon us, we feel there are some very important precautions our customers should be taking with their animals that they may or may not be aware of. We hope the following is helpful to you and if you have any further questions that you will take the time to e-mail us or comment. When [...]
There are many plants that could prove lethal to your turtle or tortoise so the following list consists of just a *few* of the more common ones: Chrysanthemums (“mums”) Daffodils Euphorbia Privet Crocus Cyclamen Delphinium Foxglove Hydrangea Jasmine Lilly of the valley Lobelia Lupine Mistletoe Potato leaves Rhubarb leaves Rhododendron Wisteria Yew It is imperative [...]
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Are you mesmerized by sea turtles? Wish you could own one? Well the closest thing possible to owning a sea turtle is the fascinating Fly River Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) also known as the pig-nosed turtle. Like their name states, they have a nose that looks like a pig snout. They, like sea turtles, have flippers [...]
We welcome all types of questions regarding your reptiles and amphibians. If you have questions, please email us at info@martinsworldexotics.com and we can answer them via email and respond on our blog. Or, you could leave a comment on one of our blogs and we will get back to you as soon as possible!
Baby tortoises are highly susceptible to dehydration. It is important to soak them at least 3x a week. Also, you may want to make sure that the water dish you have provided him/her with is in the corner of the cage. Tortoises have a tendency to walk around their dish constantly and never even know [...]
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All reptiles can carry salmonella. The most notorious for this are the turtles and tortoises. The turtle farms have taken great precautions in the last twenty years to ensure that their hatchlings are salmonella-free. The eggs are treated and the overall sanitary conditions of the farms have improved greatly which, in turn, promotes healthier [...]
This is intended as a basic set of husbandry techniques to follow to help insure the health of your new hatchling tortoise. The following techniques have been used with great success by our breeding facility for close to thirty years. We have refined our practices to help to insure the health and proper growth of [...]
Baby turtles are wonderful and fascinating animals to have as a pet. I have spent countless hours watching them do their water acrobatics in their tank. They are just incredible to watch as they hunt for food and inspect every nook and cranny of their habitat. They can be a very low maintenance pet if set [...]