AboutMark Adkins Expertise I will be glad to help with your tortoise- and turtle-related questions. My specialty is Red-foot and other Tortoises, but I can help with many aspects of turtle care.
Understand- I am not a vet, and the more information you can give me, the more accurate my answer can be.
(Because of the number of questions I get, I reserve the right to direct you to a good website that will help rather than re-inventing the wheel.)
Experience Tortoise and other reptile keeper since 1964.
Member of the Nebraska Herpetological Society.
Author of books and articles on tortoise care.
Currently own five Red-foot Tortoises.
Expert: Mark Adkins Date: 7/17/2008 Subject: turtle for outdoor pond
Question I'd live in Santa Cruz foothills and would like to get a native turtle for our
outdoor man-made pond. What type would you recommend? Western Pond
Turtle? How do I protect it from predators or do I? Are turtles compatible with
Pacific treefrogs or will they eat them. What do turtles eat?
Answer I've never kept a turtle in an outdoor pond, and am not familiar enough with your local turtles to suggest anything.
What I CAN do is point you to a bunch of experienced keepers who can easily answer this for you- http://www.turtleforum.com
