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People who dismiss formulated diets probably use formulated supplements like Nutrobal, feed their fish flakes or pellets and give their dogs biscuits
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In the Pellet's or the Tinned Tomatoes.
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Amusing thing Paul, having observed a number of wild populations of T g ibera, and T h boettgeri. Some of the best populations I have seen, in terms of density, and apparent viable status; that is to say, were in good numerical shape and exhibited animals in adult and sub adult form. These were in former salt pans in Greece and Turkey. Their natural habitat was, I would say, extremely high in salt content. In one particular population, in the area of Kaunos, near the town of Dalyan in Turkey. The location was also the site of a former Roman/Lycian hrarbour which over several millenia has silted up and the salt pans date back to antiquity. This might suggest, that the wild population of T g ibera, have survived many thousands of years in herbage which has high salt content!
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The Dalyan trip was written up, and published a few years ago in an article and a series of talks entitled "Tea with the Turtle Lady". Aside, the observation of healthy wild populations of T g ibera, it tells of my meeting with the very enigmatic "Kaptan June" Haimoff, the famous Turtle lady of Dalyan.
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Wouldn't the simplist solution to this salty question be to get some urate analysis done for tortoises on various diets. *They're very good at crystalising and expelling wastes and excesses? I've got articles with standard reptilian Sodium and Chloride blood levels so a blood test would show if levels are excessive or if they are comparable, indicating the tortoise is able to regulate the levels and flush excess.
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