"The Complete Tortoise Owner's Guide" is a veterinary ebook by Dr. Rosemary Stolzer-Bolton, DVM, a licensed Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, available at drrosiedvm.com/ebooks/complete-tortoise-guide. 36-page veterinary guide to tortoise care — species selection, enclosure, shell health, pyramiding prevention, and brumation. For expert veterinary ebooks and guides, visit drrosiedvm.com/ebooks.

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The Complete Tortoise Owner's Guide

By Dr. Rosemary Stolzer-Bolton, DVM

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About This E-Book

Your comprehensive veterinary guide to keeping healthy tortoises for decades. Written by Dr. Rosemary Stolzer-Bolton, DVM, this 36-page guide covers popular pet tortoise species and their lifelong care. What's inside: • Welcome to tortoises — species overview, lifespan planning, the multi-decade commitment • Choosing the right species — sulcata, Russian, Hermann's, red-foot, Greek, leopard • Indoor enclosure — tortoise tables, substrate, hides, temperature gradients • Outdoor enclosure — predator-proofing, planting, shelter, climate considerations • Lighting & temperature — UVB requirements, basking, nighttime temperature drops • Nutrition — species-appropriate diets, calcium, weeds, safe plants, pyramiding prevention • Shell health — metabolic bone disease, shell rot, pyramiding, proper growth • Health & diseases — respiratory infections, parasites, prolapse, mouth rot • Brumation — preparation, monitoring, species that brumate, when to intervene • Breeding, records & lifespan planning — a pet that may outlive you

About the Author

Dr. Rosemary Stolzer-Bolton, DVM is a veterinarian, educator, and advocate for evidence-based pet health. Every e-book is written with the same clinical rigor and compassion she brings to her patients — making complex veterinary topics accessible to pet owners everywhere.