Re: T. hermanii hermanii tips/hints/tricks

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Posted by Theresa on September 05, 2001 at 22:17:53:

In Reply to: T. hermanii hermanii tips/hints/tricks posted by Greg_978 on September 05, 2001 at 19:30:41:

Hi Greg,
No personal experience to offer but have some neat saved wild diet info and links.
Enjoy, they are neat animals.
tcc :)

This is a list dedicated to these guys
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hermann-tortoise

From the following link:
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/dietcons.html
The dietary preferences of T. hermanni and T. graeca in the wild have seldom
been recorded, notable exceptions being the work of Swingland (1984) and
Stubbs who noted that 25% of the diet of T. hermanni consisted of Rubiaceae
(Bedstraw family), 22% of Leguminosae (Peaflower family), 10% of Compositae
(Daisy family) and 801o Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family). Comparative
figures for T. graeca include 30% Plantago (Plantain family), 26% Compositae
and 10% Rubiaceae. An average Ca:P ratio for the above is 3.5:1, and a
typical protein content is 2.75% (Highfield, unpublished notes).

HERMANNS
T hermanni
http://www.tortoise.org/gallery/picth.html
www.tlady.clara.net/TortGuide/GuideDl.htm
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/biohermanni.html
http://www.tortoise.org/archives/herman.html
http://www.tortoise.org/gallery/picth.html
http://www.nytts.org/proceedings/mascort.htm
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/herpes.html
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/safer.html
Breeding:
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/incubation2.html
www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/incubation.html

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: Hi Greg, : No personal experience to offer but have some neat saved wild diet info and links. : Enjoy, they are neat animals. : tcc :) : This is a list dedicated to these guys : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hermann-tortoise : : From the following link: : http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/dietcons.html : The dietary preferences of T. hermanni and T. graeca in the wild have seldom : been recorded, notable exceptions being the work of Swingland (1984) and : Stubbs who noted that 25% of the diet of T. hermanni consisted of Rubiaceae : (Bedstraw family), 22% of Leguminosae (Peaflower family), 10% of Compositae : (Daisy family) and 801o Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family). Comparative : figures for T. graeca include 30% Plantago (Plantain family), 26% Compositae : and 10% Rubiaceae. An average Ca:P ratio for the above is 3.5:1, and a : typical protein content is 2.75% (Highfield, unpublished notes). : HERMANNS : T hermanni : http://www.tortoise.org/gallery/picth.html : www.tlady.clara.net/TortGuide/GuideDl.htm : http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/biohermanni.html : http://www.tortoise.org/archives/herman.html : http://www.tortoise.org/gallery/picth.html : http://www.nytts.org/proceedings/mascort.htm : http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/herpes.html : http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/safer.html : Breeding: : http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/incubation2.html : www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/incubation.html

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