** Next Meeting:  Friday, April 11, 2008 @ 7 pm -- Balboa Park, San Diego **

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  Welcome to SAN DIEGO TURTLE & TORTOISE SOCIETY 's  web site. 

SAN DIEGO TURTLE & TORTOISE SOCIETY invites you to our monthly meetings in Balboa Park.  They are FREE to the public.

The Society's next meeting is Friday evening, April 11, 2008 at 7:00 PM at the Casa Del Prado building in Balboa Park.   

APRIL PROGRAM:     Our speaker this month is Dr. Roseann Brown, DVM.  Dr. Brown will give a PowerPoint presentation on Tortoise post-hibernation issues.

Click here for our Hibernation Checkpoints Care Sheet

If you have any questions in advance that you would like answered andare unable to attend the meeting, please email care.consultant@sdturtle.org and we will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

If you have any books to share, ideas to pass on or any friends, please bring them. 

Please join us in Room 101 for a very interesting and informative evening.  Refreshments served.  Bring a friend!!!
      

Our meetings are FREE and open to the public.

San Diego Turtle & Tortoise Society is going Galapagos-for more information, click the GALAPAGOS tortoise below!                                            

                                            

 

Upcoming Events:  -- see Calendar for full listing 

 

See our Care Sheets Section for recent additions and updates, for Desert/Texas Tortoises in particular!

Please note, we are in the process of updating our Care Sheets on all Turtles & Tortoises, so these will be posted when available.   A Care Sheet for Desert Tortoises living in San Diego County is available on this website.

Download-able Care Sheets:

bulletDESERT TORTOISE/TEXAS TORTOISE Care Sheet.
bulletHibernation Checkpoints Care Sheet
bulletRUSSIAN (testudo horsfieldii) Tortoise Care Sheet.
bulletRECOMMENDED DESERT TORTOISE DIET 
bulletPLANTS THAT POISON
bulletWATER TURTLE Care Sheet.
bulletAFRICAN SPUR THIGH (SULCATA) TORTOISE Care Sheet.
bulletBOX Turtle Care Sheet.
 

Please see Care Sheets section of website for complete list to download or to order from the Society.

 

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Care.Consultant@sdturtle.org

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