18-05-2011, 07:38 PM | #31 |
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If you watch the behavior of the 2 tortoises... I'll bet one is shyer and more reserved than the other. I'll bet one basks more than the other. I'll bet one eats more than the other... these are behavioral traits.
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Only just caught up on this thread! I was given a 'Jackson Ratio for hatchlings under 6 months old. This goes from 35-90mm carapace length and 10-150gm weight! Is this an authentic chart?If it is and it's for hatchlings 0-6 months,then why are such figures even on it? Can anyone illuminate me as to where this'hand drawn'chart originated? |
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Oliphant Jackson was one of the first Herp/reptile specialist vets in the UK. He came up with an average weight to length ratio for Med tortoises. The basis of his ratio was Hermans and Greek tortoises.
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They've had a basking spot of 29 degrees for over 3 months with this aim. I'm not prepared to lower it cos they are digesting well but not sure they will if its any lower. They will eat before their light comes on when the ambient temperature is 17! I didnt want to say this as newbies might think this was optimal. I'm just trying to slow them down a bit-but its not working!
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Boettgeri as a group have a massive variation in size,colouring,and shape! All my Hermanns within my herd are of different size and shapes,for example two of my UK bred females are of the same age approx 6 years old, and there is a huge difference in size! Bessie the much larger female,i know her history, and her mother (as i've stated before on this forum) is an enormous 13" wild caught Boettgeri her age is estimated at around 100 years old(which leads to the question do tortoises ever really stop growing?) my other 6 year old,'Podge' she is very small and i dont know her history.As i understand Boettgeri variation is down to the area's they originated from,Bulgarian being the largest,but surely with decades of massive importation and captive breeding many true types must however be lost? what i believe we have now is a mixture of various sub-species that have been imported and bred together over many years and this counts for the massive diversity within Boettgeri.
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