First of all, selling turtles under 4” in Maryland is illegal. I’ll start there. Next, the street vendors selling these turtles do not...
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Every year thousands of African spurred tortoises (Geochelone sulcata) are sold in the pet trade. These tortoises start out like cute little golf...
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The Maryland Herpetological Society, a department of the Natural History Society of Maryland, Inc., will be having a meeting at 7 p.m. on April 17,...
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With turtles, tortoises and birds, more than other pets, there are times when the animal outlives its owner. It’s a tragic situation for the...
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If you have a healthy pet reptile, you will probably never have to force feed it. Lucky for you!Our rescue gets a lot of unhealthy animals (we get...
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As I sit at my desk watching neighbors’ belongings being taken out of their foreclosed home, my sympathy changes to anger as I think of how the...
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What’s the difference between a snake and a lizard? Is it that lizards have legs? Nope. Not even close. Lizards have ears and eyelids. Snakes...
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Most of the time I try not to judge people. But, sometimes, I just can’t help myself. Running a reptile rescue can be hard, especially when I...
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Snake mites (Ophionyssus Natricis) are hideous, teeny ticks that suck the blood of your pet, spread disease and misery through the reptile...
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You might think that scorpions don’t make the best pets. Actually, they can be very entertaining and easy pets. You just have to be careful...
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