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Simple Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Incubator
Steve details the construction and operation of a simple and effective incubator he has been using to incubate eggs. This design can be made inexpensively, with materials found at any home improvement...
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Caramel Red-Eared Slider Pond
Anthony shows off his homemade predator and child proof pond and nesting box which houses a pair of Caramel Pink RES. The Sliders are kept outside during the summer months, and are brought in side...
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Spotted Turtle Enclosure
Anthony shares a new Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) enclosure design that he just completed. This enclosure design is straight forward and easy to construct, but provides a good habitat for a small...
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Hatchling Turtle Rack System
Steve provides a look at work that he and our Breeding and Habitat Partner, Joshua of TurtleTowns.com, have been doing to create a new hatchling rack system. All tubs are filtered together and are home...
View Article8′ Spotted Turtle Pond
Joe constructed a new pond for his group of Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata). It measures 8′ Long x 30″ Wide x 12″ Deep and holds around 70-80 gallons of water. It is filtered by a skippy/wendy...
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Basic Husbandry of Hatchling and Juvenile Clemmys guttata
Joe shares his husbandry and habitat design used for hatchling and juvenile Clemmys guttata (Spotted Turtles).When I first started to care for hatchling North American Spotted Turtles I pictured it to...
View ArticleDIY Indoor Turtle Ponds
As part of his ongoing redesign process, Joe designed and built some new indoor ponds. These ponds are relatively simple in construction and the materials used are easy to find. Primarily fabricated...
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How to Build a Land Turtle Habitat – DIY Habitat
Anthony shows you how to build a land turtle habitat as he discusses the recent construction of a small terrestrial habitat. This design can be used for many Tortoises, Box Turtles, and other...
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Pacific Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata) Recovery Update
In this video, Anthony shares the sad, yet uplifting story of survival and recovery that is his Pacific Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata) project. The turtles have been battling an epic case of shell...
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Cuora mouhotii obsti Acclimation: The Quarantine Period
Joe details a mostly-successful quarantine and acclimation of a freshly imported group of Cuora mouhotii obsti (Southern Keeled Box Turtles).Generally speaking, most of the captive stock in the United...
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Cuora mouhotii obsti: Acclimation and Care
Joe details the acclimation and care of Cuora mouhotii obsti (Southern Keeled Box Turtles).I believe that creating and maintaining a proper enclosure, as cloase as possible to the natural environment...
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111 Days in the Making…
theTurtleRoom hatches a robust Vietnamese Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle Geoemyda spengleri after a record-length incubation period.Hatched last week, this little turtle was the largest and most...
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Steve and Anthony Visit Garden State Tortoise
theTurtleRoom Visits Chris Leone and His AnimalsThis video gives a behind the scenes look at one of the most successful cold-climate tortoise breeders in the world. Chris has a reputation as providing...
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Custom Vivarium Build, Part 1
Joe shares the first stage of his custom vivarium build.Watch as Joe, Husbandry Specialist, explains how he designed and built his new custom Geoemyda spengleri (Vietnamese Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle)...
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Joe shares the second stage of his custom vivarium build.Watch as Joe, Husbandry Specialist, explains how he designed and built his new custom Geoemyda spengleri (Vietnamese Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle)...
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Custom Vivarium Build, Part 3
Joe shares part 3 in his custom vivarium build series.Watch as Joe, Husbandry Specialist, explains how he designed and built his new custom Geoemyda spengleri (Vietnamese Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle)...
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Custom Vivarium Build, Part 4
Joe shares the final installment in his custom vivarium build series.Watch as Joe, Husbandry Specialist, explains how he designed and built his new custom Geoemyda spengleri (Vietnamese Black-Breasted...
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Captive Husbandry, Maintenance, and Understanding of the Western Hermann’s...
Chris presents a detailed talk on Western Hermann’s Tortoise careChris Leone’s presentation, as seen at the Turtle Survival Alliance 2015 Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and...
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Leave Them Alone
Anthony opines on the merits of “hands-off” turtle husbandryMy night starts like any other, with me laying in bed with my wife and daughter, sitting relatively quietly while my wife and I wait for our...
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Ep. 55: Ralph's on the Phone
EDITOR’S NOTE: At some point, we made a mistake in the numbering sequence of episodes. The number that appears in text is the correct episode, not the one you hear during the show.In this video, the...
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