Welcome to Turtle Nirvana!
Zoo Med’s Greenhouse for Turtles and Tortoises
Nirvana may be defined as any place of complete bliss, delight, and peace. This is what the turtles and tortoises in Zoo Med Labs Greenhouse can expect to find. After years of work and adjustments, the state of the art greenhouse facility at Zoo Med Lab’s California Headquarters has become a wonderfully natural environment and has proven capable of sustaining all stages of chelonian life.
There are currently about 30 species of turtle and tortoise living in the Greenhouse. Most of these groups have been observed mating and have begun laying eggs. Of the 30+ species housed in the greenhouse, 28 of them have successfully reproduced with 13 species successfully incubating in their parents enclosures! Zoo Med animal staff is thrilled to know that our greenhouse has become such a wonderfully natural environment.
*Species Hatched in the Greenhouse:
- Pink Belly Sideneck Turtle
- Black Knobbed Sawback Turtle
- Eastern Box Turtle
- Caspian Pond Turtle
- Florida Box Turtle
- Yellow Blotch Map Turtle
- Three Toe Box Turtle
- Razorback Musk Turtle
- Reeves Turtle
- Russian Tortoise
- Redfoot Tortoise
- Gulf Coast Box Turtle
- Golden Thread Pond Turtle
*Other Greenhouse species that have bred and hatched:
- Savannah Sideneck Turtle
- Eastern Painted Turtle
- Western Painted Turtle
- Loggerhead Musk Turtle
- Diamondback Terrapin
- Chicken Turtle
- European Pond Turtle
- Stripeneck Loggerhead Musk Turtle
- Elongated Tortoise
- Three Striped Mud Turtle
- Marginated Tortoise
- Spiny Hill Turtle
- Red Cheek Mud Turtle
- Spotted Turtle
- Seibenrock Snack Neck Turtle
The greenhouse has UVB transmitting roof panels, thermostatically controlled vents and a remote temperature monitoring and control system.
