Emydoidea blandingii (Blanding’s Turtle)

Blanding's turtle is a semi-aquatic turtle of the Great Lakes region, gentle and cold-hardy, with a smooth black helmet-shaped shell and a yellow hinged plastron marked with black blotches. It is omnivorous and adapts well to captivity.

Breeds 📅 August 3, 2026

Bell’s/Lowveld Hinge-back Tortoise

Bell's Hinge-back Tortoise (Kinixys belliana) is a relatively common hinge-back tortoise that lives a solitary life in dry habitats. Demanding in its care, it is not recommended for beginner keepers.

Breeds 📅 August 3, 2026

Creaser’s Mud Turtle

Creaser's Mud Turtle (Kinosternon creaseri) is a lesser-known mud turtle with a dark shell and pale head. Known for its aggression and strong territoriality, it is rarely kept in captivity and seldom seen in the market.

Breeds 📅 August 3, 2026

Coahuilan Box Turtle

The Coahuilan Box Turtle (Terrapene coahuila) is an uncommon box turtle that adapts poorly to captivity compared with its eastern relatives. Its plain, unpatterned shell makes it less popular among keepers.

Breeds 📅 August 3, 2026

South African Bowsprit Tortoise

The South African Bowsprit Tortoise (Chersina angulata), also called the angulated tortoise, favors dry, hot regions and becomes inactive and refuses food when captive temperatures drop below 20°C. A strictly herbivorous species, it feeds only on plant matter in the wild and accepts fruits and vegetables in captivity.

Breeds 📅 August 3, 2026

Pigmy Mulga Monitor

The pygmy mulga monitor is mainly distributed across the dry regions of western, northern, and southern Australia and Queensland. It will even eat smaller lizards of its own kind and forages on the ground or in trees.

Breeds 📅 August 3, 2026

Selenium Metabolism Disorders in Dogs and Cats: Deficiency (White Muscle Disease) and Toxicity

Selenium is an essential trace mineral that supports antioxidant defence and immune function in dogs and cats. Both too little and too much are harmful: deficiency causes nutritional myodegeneration (white muscle disease) affecting skeletal and heart muscle, while excess produces acute and chronic poisoning.

Diseases 📅 June 23, 2026