Red-Eared Sliders: From the Experts at Advanced Vivarium Systems (CompanionHouse Books) Choosing a Turtle, Diet, Housing, Breeding, Health, and Painted, Mud, and Musk Turtles

The comprehensive guide to keeping a red-eared slider turtle!

• Complete care how-to for keeping your red-eared slider happy and healthy
• How to select your pet and what to look for to ensure your new turtle is in good condition
• Housing options and how to set up a water turtle vivarium in a way that's comfortable for your new friend
• Feeding details, including commercial options, live or pre-killed fish, select meats, supplements, and more
• Heating and lighting requirements for warm and cool environments, growing hatchlings, and avoiding dangerous conditions
• Diseases and disorders and how to avoid, recognize, and treat them, from metabolic bone disease and shell infections to respiratory disease and parasites
• Other turtles that require similar conditions, including painted, softshell, musk, mud, and Reeve's turtles

Don't bring home a freshwater turtle until you understand what they need to thrive!

The remarkable red-eared slider is a captivating freshwater turtle with a host of fascinating behaviors. It belongs to the Emydidae family of turtles, of which there are currently fourteen subspecies. Although popular pets among children, red-eared sliders require a considerable amount of special care, and this updated, revised, and comprehensive care and maintenance guide provides the necessary information to keep these turtles properly attended in captivity.

Red-Eared Sliders, written by herp expert Philippe de Vosjoli, provides guidelines for keepers who wish to have success keeping, displaying, and breeding red-eared sliders and other popular freshwater turtles. This Advanced Vivarium Systems title includes information about choosing a healthy pet, determining its sex, meeting its housing needs, enclosure maintenance, water and feeding, heating and lighting, water treatment, as well as solid advice about keeping red-eared sliders healthy and thriving. A separate chapter on common diseases and disorders provides a complete primer on the health needs and veterinary care of these rewarding reptiles.

This colorful 64-page guide also features various color and pattern morphs of the red-eared slider, as well as information on similar species such as mud and musk turtles, painted turtles, Mississippi map turtles, Reeve's turtles, and African side-necked turtles.

When kept properly, red-eared sliders and other freshwater turtles are attractive, interesting animals easily capable of delighting their owners! A well-designed vivarium (a reptile enclosure that simulates the turtle's natural environment) can provide a display as eye-catching and fascinating as any tropical fish aquarium. In fact, several aspects of freshwater habitats can be successfully simulated in your home. These simulations will unlock a world not readily accessible to most people.

Packed with essential information for both the new turtle owner and even long-time owners, Red-Eared Sliders will provide you with all the information you need to properly set your turtle up for a long, happy, and healthy life!

Philippe de Vosjoli is an expert on reptile husbandry who revolutionized herpetoculture with the Advanced Vivarium Systems series of books. He has written more than twenty books and one hundred articles on the care and breeding of reptiles and amphibians.