PLEASE- No water or box turtle questions. If you have a question about Red-ear Sliders, Painted Turtles, or other turtles, please try a different expert or http://www.turtleforum.com. It is free and very good.

My specialty is tortoises, especially Red-foot Tortoises. I will gladly try to help with any tortoise-related question I can. I will also help with general questions about things like behavior of wild turtles, etc.

I am not a vet or a breeder, herpetologist, etc. I'm just a guy who studies tortoises. I reserve the right to send you to a website if they have a better answer than I can offer rather than doing long cut-and-pastes, etc. I also will not second guess a vet or recommend home surgery or self-prescribing prescription meds.