Sentences with phrase «pet turtles»

Maurice is a red - eared slider, one of the most popular pet turtles on the market.

It's been associated with pet turtles.

Finally, to top it off, we met a group of Belizean children, a local posse and their pet turtles.

Despite a federal ban enacted in 1975 because Salmonella from pet turtles had become a major public health concern, baby turtles (those with shells less than four inches long) continue to be sold throughout the country.

Countless pet turtles die from being kept in inadequate conditions.

A major Salmonella outbreak in 2007 and 2008 that sickened 107 people, mostly children, in 34 states was attributed to pet turtles.

The current FDA regulation that prohibits the sale of pet turtles with a carapace length less than four inches reflects legitimate public health concerns about Salmonella transmission, particularly in young children.

In February, a three - week - old infant died from salmonella poisoning after coming into contact with one of these pet turtles.

And children are still contracting salmonella from these small pet turtles.

During the mid-1970s, it was discovered that some infected young children contracted the disease from their pet turtles.

Before purchasing a turtle, check the laws in your municipality regarding legal ownership of pet turtles.

A 10 - pound snapping turtle recently found at the Yoncalla Water Treatment Plant is a good reminder not to release pet turtles into the wild.»

ROSEBURG - «A 10 - pound snapping turtle recently found at the Yoncalla Water Treatment Plant is a good reminder not to release pet turtles into the wild.»

When people think of pet turtles they typically envision smaller breeds like the eastern box turtle and western painted turtle.

Because 40 % of ill persons were infants ages < 1 year and were unlikely to directly handle pet turtles, the potential role of indirect transmissions... should be considered.

While watching the Cadillacs, Leo meets Elaine Stalker (Faye Dunaway), the sexy widow of a wealthy mine owner, and the two strike up a romance, while Elaine's daughter Grace (Lili Taylor) wanders through her mother's home playing «Besame Mucho» on the accordion to her pet turtles.

Children who have Salmonella symptoms and have been exposed to a source of Salmonella bacteria, either from contaminated food, pet turtles, and other reptiles, or farm animals should see their pediatrician.

Fraternity member Daniel Furmanski, who was awoken by loud «celebratory chants coming from the living room,» spotted one of the football players holding the house pet turtle, named «Turntle.»

Love And Peace applies Sono's madcap sensibilities to a story about a loser who achieves his dreams of rock stardom after flushing his beloved pet turtle Pikadon, who gains magic powers after encountering benevolent drunk Pa and his Island Of Misfit Toys in the Tokyo sewer system.

In addition to being Tracey's partner in crime, Michelle is a stand in for Elliot Stabler's wife on SVU and is training her pet turtle to compete in the 2020 Hawaii Ironman World Championship.

One fan described an episode of The Cleveland Show which had young Rollo being sworn in as the kid who takes care of his class's pet turtle.

Median = 5 years, [E] ight were hospitalized... The outbreak strain was isolated from a pet turtle in a patient's home... This outbreak demonstrates that turtles remain a source for human Salmonella infections, especially for young children.

That left only a pet turtle which the couple nurtured for 27 years.

Her love of animals started with her pet turtle named Norman who taught her to appreciate all animals (not just the fuzzy ones).

Nick Saint - Erne, DVM has been keeping exotic pets since getting his first pet turtle in 1966, and setting up his first aquarium in 1968.

The size of the tank: once you have decided the design of the tank for the pet turtle, you need to decide on the size.

As part of its partnership with the CDC to inform the companion animal industry and the wider public about disease outbreaks, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) issued a Health Alert with advice for pet turtle owners to prevent Salmonella.

Are you considering getting a pet turtle?

discovered a pet turtle on property.

Most of you don't know this but back in our «old life» Michael had a pet turtle.

What if your child's pet turtle gives salmonella to another child?

If your pet turtle gives the neighbor kid salmonella or your pet rat gives them rat bite fever, could your liability coverage respond?

In 2017, I moved to Denver with my husband, our two dogs, and my childhood pet turtle.

Not exact matches

Do you remember what happened to the [hamster goldfish turtle insert other deceased pet] we bought you last year?»

Kindergarden teachers already teach manners, personal hygeine, responsible pet ownership (through class pets like turtles), and even basic toilet training, believe it or not.

We even had pets: a dog, cat and a turtle.

Much like human does to their own pets (aka cats and dogs and turtles and such).

A pack of «pet» snapping turtles live in a pond - like water feature at the hotel's front entrance for which the valet staff will eagerly provide you with food to feed them.

May 2 — Celebrate the arts with crafts, carnival games, storytelling, live turtles, food trucks and an instrument petting zoo.

We've since owned almost every kind of pet imaginable, including exotic reptiles, fish, turtles, birds, various rodents, laying hens, ducks, dog, cat, caged birds, etc. and found them to be a great learning experience for the kids — but yes, sometimes it's a bit much for mama when littles are around.

I am a mother and grandmother... raised and launched a brood of children along with their associated pets (a plethora of cats, dogs, hamsters, turtles, fish and birds became part of our family).

Perhaps add an array of stuffed animals to cuddle with, a small nightlight, put a bedtime pet (like a turtle) on her nightstand, give her a CD player with a children's audio book or soft music for her to listen to at bedtime.

To explain Cameron's behaviour during the phone - hacking saga, Rebekah Brooks is said to have related to friends a fable about a scorpion and a turtle that she heard from Peter Mandelson.

I had every chemistry, mechanics, nature, and physics kit imaginable, as well as dogs, parrots, rabbits, sheep, fish, and even a pet snake and turtle.

Today, Roman sees bipartisan support for protecting the turtles against current threats like water pollution, illegal harvest and collection for the pet trade, and river drawdowns upstream.

Despite their heavy armor and fearsome jaws, alligator snapping turtles have been decimated by habitat destruction, overharvesting, illegal pet trade, water pollution and other assaults.

Mark Greco and Peter Neumann, entomologists at the Swiss Bee Research Center in Bern, discovered that as soon as the beetles enter a hive, worker bees in the colony surround them and force them to immediately pull their legs under their carapaces, adopting what is known as the «turtle» protective posture.

The study concluded that «the pet trade is a severe threat to turtle conservation and that law enforcement needs to increase.»

Thought to already be extinct, the Philippine forest turtle (Siebenrockiella leytensis) was rediscovered alive in 2001 and immediately targeted by poachers and pet traders who sold them on the black market for as much as $ 2,500 apiece to buyers in the U.S., Japan and Europe.

There was my brother's pet rat, the family turtle and bird, and of course the dogs.