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jordic
at Sun Sep 6 06:24:11 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jordic ]
Could moss work? I donīt know if this would bee too humid (specially for horsfieldii) or if they would eat it.
My horsfieldii hatchlings have not such a smooth caparace as do marginataīs hatchlings. In most pics of horsfieldii hatchlings I observe this too. Would it be normal for the species or is this a slight pyramidism?
I will try to put some pictures, I know this would help.
I discard dietary problems so, if any, it would be a problem of humidity or too much feeding. I feed them in seasons in which they naturaly wouldnīt (when all the vegetation is dry).I bath them but maybe it does not prevent dehidratation. They are kept in a 1,5 sq.meters in a outdoor pen in a dry area in Spain. They can bury under logs, roots of plants... so they can make "microclimates" (see Highlfield in the tortoise trust). In the summer months I ofen take them out of the "cave" or I lift the log to feed them. Maybe it is a mistake. Do you feed your hatchlings all the summer?
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RE: hermanns tortoise - jordic, Sun Sep 6 06:24:11 2009