Tortoise Husbandry and Welfare

Jane Williams completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Companion Animal Behaviour Counselling at the University of Southampton in 2006, and an M.Sc in Companion Animal Behaviour Counselling at the same university in 2010. In January 2014 she became an ASAB Certified Clinical Animal Behaviourist (CCAB). She is a full member of the APBC (Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors) and served as its Chair from 2017 to 2020. Williams is a member of the British Veterinary Behaviour Association (BVBA), and is registered with the Animal Behaviour and Training Council (ABTC) as a Clinical Animal Behaviourist and an Animal Training Instructor.

Chapter 1.: What is a Tortoise? Chapter 2.: How Tortoise Biology affects Health and Behaviour Chapter 3.: The Captive Environment Chapter 4.: Artificial Lighting and Heat Sources Chapter 5.: Feeding my Tortoise Chapter 6.: Health checks – Top Ten Indicators of Good Health in Tortoises Chapter 7.: Common Diseases and Illnesses in Tortoises Chapter 8.: Tortoise Behaviour and Learning Chapter 9.: Emotional States in Tortoises – Positive and Negative States Chapter 10.: Social Interactions and Behaviour in Tortoises Chapter 11.: Breeding Tortoises Chapter 12.: Tortoise Hibernation/Brumation Chapter 13.: Mediterranean Tortoises Chapter 14.: Tortoises of Dry Tropical Grasslands Chapter 15.: Tropical Tortoises from Humid Forest Areas Chapter 16.: Horsfields (Afghan or Steppe) Tortoises Chapter 17.: Egyptian Tortoises Chapter 18.: What it Takes to be a Tortoise Keeper (Tortoise Keeper Skills and Experience) Chapter 19.: Health and Safety for the Tortoise Keeper and Tortoise Chapter 20.: Tortoise Keeping – Past, Present, Future