There are many types of turtles available to pet owners all over the world. What kind of pet turtle do you have? Because there are so many specific turtle species, they are arranged into the general groups you see here. You can select more than one...

Following up on writing about turtle shell shedding and my pet turtles shed shells, I thought I’d share about how the shell of Rex, my male red ear slider turtle, was looking. His shell looks almost like new, since most of his scutes have fallen off...

Based on 54 votes, the following are the survey results of where readers of this website got their pet turtles: 19% from a Chinatown type tourist/souvenir store 17% were found in the wild (road, pond, etc) 17% came from a small, local pet store 17%...

I wrote about turtle shell shedding in a previous blog post, pet turtle shell shedding. Oh yeah. Shell shedding is completely normal and natural for pet turtles. It’s a sign of good health. It means they are eating properly and have the proper...

Many people don’t know that turtles shed their shells as they grow. Turtle shells Turtle shells are made of keratin, which is the same material fingernails are made of. Turtle shells grow in separate sections (or pieces), which are called scutes....