Welcome to the AllTurtles Newbie section

This section was created for new turtle owners. We have put together a simple FAQs page that answers some of the most common questions on your mind. For example: "Is my turtle a girl or a boy?" To make this fun, we asked the experts... my turtles Spaz, Buddy and Jade. They were very helpful and happy to be on center stage.

Do you have other questions? Some other sections that you can get a lot of information from are:

• The Care Sheets - learn how to care for your turtle and find out what their needs are.

• Setup and Supplies - learn what you need for their habitat and how to set it up, also learn what kinds of food supplies you can order.

• The Turtle Species Section - Still not sure what kind of turtle you have? Here are a few turtle species with their pictures to use for reference.

• The AllTurtles Message Board - A community of other turtle owners to help you.

You can learn a lot from these sections and from other turtle lovers. If you're not sure what a certain word means on this site, you may be able to find it in our turtle terms. I've tried to include as many turtle related terms as possible in there. Enjoy the site!