Sacramento County Tortoise & Turtle Rescue

06/07/2025

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06/07/2025

It’s turtle crossing season everywhere across the states. If you find one roadside you can help by moving it across in the same direction it was heading. Most are out to lay eggs, look for mates or the pond dried up. Give them a hand, don’t take them home. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1751374692451771/?

06/05/2025

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RECALL ALERT - Spectrum Brands Pet LLC is voluntarily recalling its Tetra ReptoMin 3-In-1 SELECT-A-FOOD reptile food product intended for aquatic turtles due to potential contamination with Salmonella. The product is packaged in a plastic, 1.56oz container with a green label and a UPC Bar Code #: 0 46798 78626 9.

Only the product with a 951790 lot code of Tetra ReptoMin are impacted by this voluntary recall. The lot number can be found on the bottom of the plastic container. No other lots or product lines are affected and may continue to be consumed. MORE INFO: https://bit.ly/4jA7mGq

06/01/2025

Hold on, a Golf ball injury! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1070284428306729&set=a.642977894370720&type=3&mibextid=wwXIfr

The painted turtle had been living in a golf course’s water features. https://trib.al/l6JQcVu

05/27/2025

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Built like a pancake. Strikes like a predator.

Meet the Spotted Softshell Turtle — evolution’s oddball masterpiece.
Its shell isn’t hard. It’s leathery. Flexible. Designed for stealth, not defense.

This isn’t your average basking turtle.
It buries itself in sand, neck stretched like a sniper’s barrel, waiting for prey to drift close…
Then it strikes — fast, precise, brutal.

Here’s the wild fact:
Its long snout isn’t just weird — it’s a snorkel.
These turtles can lie submerged for hours, breathing through their nose while remaining invisible to predators and prey alike.

In a world of armor, this turtle chose speed.
In a world of curves, it became a disc of death.

05/25/2025

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05/22/2025

Lucky Little horsfield aka Russian tortoise found another outside home today. Tortoises shouldnt be stuck inside glass indoors.

05/22/2025

Reminder to move turtles out if harms way but let them go in the same direction they were heading.
Dont take them home.
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05/21/2025

This big boy still looking for a good home. Show me your property where he would live and tell me your tortoise experience. He needs solid fencing he can’t see through or he will push through it as any tortoise 🐢

05/21/2025

https://phys.org/news/2025-05-native-turtles-yosemite-invasive-bullfrogs.amp

The call of American bullfrogs was deafening when scientists from the University of California, Davis, first began researching the impact of invasive bullfrogs on native northwestern pond turtles at Yosemite National Park.

05/19/2025

We regret to inform you that we are not accepting surrenders. We do not have a wait list in place. Pets should be rehomed, and wild turtles can be brought to local animal shelters. Online resources can assist in locating other rescues. As reptile ownership is a long-term commitment, owners are responsible for finding new homes if they can no longer provide care. This is the minimum they deserve.

05/19/2025

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BE AWARE! ❤️ 🐢