Turtles (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals)
by Hartmut Wilke
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Author: Hartmut WilkeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); German (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-07-01
ISBN: 0764111833
Number of pages: 96
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
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Book Review: Very informative book - easy reading
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is a very good reference for any pet owner interested in turtles. It gives an overview of turtles as a species through time. Then there's a profile of about 12 turtles - i.e. size, aquatic or semi-aquatic, water preference, solitary or no, food preference, etc. A detail description of how to compile a terrarium and an aquarium as well as outdoor homes and how the size of these structures should be calculated. The book also gives a recipe for turtle food; the need for weighing turtles regularly; what to look for for healthy vs sick turtle; turtle behaviour and what it means. I was shocked by the fact that too much water or too little water can cause a semi-aquatic or aquatic turtle respectively to drown if flipped on its back.
I've owned turtles in the past - very emotional story - and after reading this book I feel as if I had been cruel to my past pets because of the necessary care described in this book. Thinking of getting a red-ear slider for my daughter, but I will definitely have to prep some more.
I rated it a 4 and not 5 because I asked the publisher some questions and I'm awaiting a response. One area I felt was not dealt with is how to clean the habitat. The book said that depending on the size and number of turtles water would have to change daily or weekly and the sand monthly or so. But essentially this becomes tedious if you have to rebuild your habitat each time. So I felt the book should have explained how this could be done easily, recommend chemicals for use (and what should not be used), etc
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