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Welcome to San Diego Turtle & Tortoise Society's Website!
Society Contact Information: (619) 593-2123 president@sdturtle.org
Mail: SDTTS, PO Box 712514, Santee CA 92072

SAN DIEGO TURTLE & TORTOISE SOCIETY invites you to our monthly meetings in Balboa Park. They are FREE to the public.
Meetings start at 7:00pm with coffee, snacks, and a chance to meet board members, adoption coordinators, and "foster parents." Excellent information is available from chelonian lovers with years of experience. We usually take care of business and introduce our guest speaker around 7:30pm. And meetings often end with a group question and answer period. (Time and date of next meeting in banner above.)
We meet at the Casa Del Prado building in San Diego's beautiful Balboa Park.

Nov. 12th - Winter Vet Check & Microchips - Special Time 6:30pm
Vets from Rancho San Diego Animal Hospital (Roseanne Brown), along with Pet Emergency & Specialty Veterinarian Clinic (Todd Cecil) will be doing a limited vet exam on your tortoise or turtle. In addition, the Dr.s will be able to microchip your tortoises with an AVID MICROCHIP to track and locate when lost.

1. Exam for turtle/tortoise $15.00
2. Microchip w/ permanent registration to AVID $20.00 (optional)
(Desert Tortoises & Sulcata Tortoises - larger than 6)
Reservations MUST BE MADE in advance:

COMING SOON TO SAN DIEGO
When the 31st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation is convened in 2011, this annual event will have spanned 4 continents, 6 countries, and touched the lives of thousands of participants. But this time the Symposium is in San Diego!
Back in the United States for the first time in 4 years, the 31st Symposium will be held April 12-15, 2011 at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center.

The SDTTS will be active at the Symposium and volunteers are needed.
To volunteer, contact president@sdturtle.org today.

San Diego Turtle & Tortoise Society is ready to assist in turtle and tortoise rescue from people who have found a lost or injured animal and from people who no longer can care for an animal due to illness, age, financial issues, etc.
Adoption or re-homing, is a major function of the Society. The animals that are turned in to the Society are placed in foster care and are adopted to homes approved by our Adoptions Committee.

In order to adopt from our Society, you must be a member and fill out the appropriate adoption request form.

Or mail your check to SDTTS, PO Box 712514, Santee CA 92072. Contact president@sdturtle.org if you have any questions.

SURVEY: Microchip Identification
Unlike dogs and cats, our turtles and tortoises are not quite suited to wearing collars with ID tags. But microchips can provide a convenient, long-lasting and reliable form of identification.
Most microchips are about the size of a grain of rice. This small size makes them easy to inject into muscles or beneath the skin of all but the smallest chelonians. While providing durable and easy tracking and identification, the microchips are designed to have an operating life of over 25 years, however most companies guarantee the microchip for the life of the animal.

When you vote - a tally of all responses will be displayed.

We could use more graphic content for the website and newsletters.

SDTTS EVENT CONTEST: If you have pictures or videos of the July Show, members in action, or any other recent SDTTS event, please send them in!
All entries will become property of the Society and your submission will be implied consent that they can be used on the website or in SDTTS publications.
Winning entry will get a free T-Shirt or $10.

CRITTER CONTEST: If you have a picture or video of your turtle or tortoise that really stands out, send it in!

Send entries as email attachments to webmaster@sdturtle.org with your name and please add a description of the photo content.

NEW DEADLINE: WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED DURING OUR HOLIDAY DINNER AT THE PRADO, DEC. 10th.
You do not need to be present to win.

Please note, we are always in the process of updating our Care Sheets on all Turtles & Tortoises. Check back often for the latest releases.

A special Care Sheet for Desert Tortoises living in San Diego County is also available on this website.

Society Contact Information: SDTTS, PO Box 712514, Santee CA 92072 - (619) 593-2123 - Email: president@sdturtle.org

For submissions, comments or questions about this Web site, please send your e-mail to webmaster@sdturtle.orgContact editor@sdturtle.orgto submit articles & photos for our newsletter, THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE.

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A special "thank you" to the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund for their generous support.

Your donations are tax-deductible and greatly appreciated.