Quelônios semiaquáticos (revisão de literatura) e Osteotomia Lateral de Casco em Trachemys scripta elegans (relato de caso)

Abstract

Reptiles, including chelonians, and among them the Trachemys or slider turtles, are very popular pets due to their eccentricity and relative easy care. However, these animals own diet and husbandry specificities that if not fulfilled are responsible for most of the conditions in which these animals are affected. This work presents a review of diet and husbandry recommendations for reptiles, focused on semi-aquatic turtles and a case report of shell osteotomy realized in a slider turtle with changing growth caused by husbandry failure.