Turtles (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) [Paperback]

Hartmut Wilke (Author)

Book Description

Series: Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals | Publication Date: July 1, 2000

Here are detailed instructions on turtle care, safe handling, feeding, health care, and general maintenance.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

(back cover)
Information and advice to help you take good care of your Turtle

Typical Turtles: origins, varieties, life cycles, and more
Expert advice: housing, feeding, health care, and terrarium maintenance
Understanding your Turtle: recognizing body language and how it reflects your turtle's health

Step-by-step instruction for everyday care

Informative and attractive sidebars

Filled with handsome full-color photos

(picture caption)
Turtles come in many sizes and color varieties. This book will guide your selection of a turtle as a pet.



--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 2nd edition (July 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764111833
• ISBN-13: 978-0764111839
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 6.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,247,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #64 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Home & Garden > Animal Care & Pets > Reptiles & Amphibians

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Beginner's Book, October 21, 2003

By 

InviSec (Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Turtles (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) (Paperback)

This is a great book if you are a beginner turtle owner. Covers almost ever aspect of turtle care, from intial care to "training" your turtle. Could have been a bit more in-depth and detailed on cerain topics (e.g. the species guide) though. Also some of the ideas put forward seem to be a little out-dated or "incorrect" depending on what website you visit (e.g. hibertation in a fridge). One should supplement this book with reseach from other sources, especially the Internet.

All in all a great beginner's book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very informative book - easy reading, November 22, 2010

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L. K. Richardson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Turtles (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) (Paperback)

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

3.0 out of 5 stars TURTLES A COMPLETE PET OWNER'S MANUAL, October 24, 2011

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Jennifer L. Doty "Doty's Place" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Turtles (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) (Paperback)

THIS BOOK WAS NICE BUT IT DID NOT ANSWER MOST OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I NEEDED ABOUT MY WILD TURTLE.