The Setup Guide

Everything on this site that you need before the turtle arrives, on 24 pages you can print and keep by the tank. $19, yours for good.

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What is in it

  • A one-page setup card for each of twenty species: tank or table size at adult size, water depth, basking and water temperatures, UVB distance, diet by age.
  • The shopping list for each starter kit, with the honest minimum and the version that lasts.
  • The first week, day by day: what to check, what not to touch, when the turtle should eat.
  • A temperatures card to tape beside the tank.
  • The law in one page: the 4-inch rule and the states that go further.
  • A sick-or-not checklist, with the signs that mean a vet today.

Who it is for

Someone about to buy a turtle, or someone who bought one last week and is now reading at midnight. It is the guides on this site, cut down to what you do and in what order, without the screen.

How you get it

Pay through Stripe, and the download opens on the next page. Keep the link; it is yours. If anything goes wrong write to hello@justturtles.com and we will send it by hand.

Not out yet

Leave your email and we will tell you the day it is ready. One letter a month after that, and you can leave any time.

Two map turtles basking on a log.
A pond covered in lily pads.