Nice! If going to TTPG this November, you may be interested in attending the Galapagos Roundtable Thursday evening for additional interactive discussions regarding these gentle giants.
I would think measuring the heart rate would be helpful in your work with Chersina. Once you establish a baseline rate for an individual hatchling, you will be better able to detect possible hatchling distress.
Perhaps a gram scale to measure egg water loss during incubation will become a...
Please understand I am a backyard breeder and have only used this updated technology on about 50 hatchlings this past season so my experience is limited. I also am at work on a somewhat irregular schedule worsened with COVID19 and do not see the eggs daily or at times even every other day...
I have one of the original Egg Buddy's from many years ago which was unsatisfactory with bigger tortoise eggs. The original unit had one light source and was programmed for too high of a rate for reptile embryonic distress. After discussions with Jim at Avitronics, I sent it back to the UK for...
A partial listing of Pit tags numbers placed left rear leg near plastrum for a group of Galapagos tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra species complex) undergoing genetic studies. Additional information regarding any of these animals may be obtained from the poster.
985112011100790
985112011101017...
Hi Jamie,
By now you are probably aware of the high requirements for crude fiber of certain tortoise species and the later developing health problems of certain species when grown rapidly and/or without adequate crude fiber. Some of the commercial pellets are high in crude fiber and others are...
Hi, sorry to be slow in getting back to you. I think your questions have been answered. I use regular woodworking tools. As you have learned, HD will not cut any plastics.
The eight foot sheets are too big for me to handle by myself without denting, etc. Work got in the way last time I had...
Unknown. Tortoise had this when purchased 20 plus years ago. He has gotten much larger but the back structure has remained unchanged. No difficulty with movement. His early history is unknown to me.
The total calcium and the ionized calcium is usually initially interpreted together. Much of the total calcium may be bound to albumen, other proteins and immunoglobulins and to interpret, one may need to know albumen levels, hormonal staus, etc.. The ionized calcium may be thought of as the...
I saw and photographed Goliath on a regular basis. His weight was verified for the Guinness Book of World records. He may actually have been somewhat larger than his recorded weight when he expired.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/60at60/2015/8/2002-largest-tortoise-392870
Thanks for sharing. Glad she is doing better! At biopsy, not all goiters are thyroid. Some tortoise's "goiter" has been found to be hypertrophied thymus of undetermined etiology. Re iodine supplementation (again, this is not a substitute for veterinary consultation but rather a sharing of...
FYI...
Being somewhat frugal (cheap), I downloaded the thesis as a free PDF file. This information is under Chapter 5.
The following is pasted from another post.
https://www.researchgate.net/profil...helonians-From-individuals-to-communities.pdf
This may be a slow free download from...
Vine cleanup, Population Census East Santa Cruz.
Opened gate to small enclosure which had become somewhat overgrown,
Population census of the Eastern Santa Cruz Giant Tortoise: Part 1
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