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  1. Jemo

    Today my heart is bleeding .....

    Of course! and because he has no valid papers, he tries to declare them as "own offsprings" That will not function in our german System! meanwhile the governmenr officelas are very sensitive and good trained in this cases!
  2. Jemo

    Today my heart is bleeding .....

    Wen we declare an offspring of an "only" WA 2 Species in Germany (like Aldabas) to our local government institutions, we have to declare and proove the origin of the 2 parent animals and there legally Import. If there is any doubt the goverment officials may advice a genetic test. On your own...
  3. Jemo

    Today my heart is bleeding .....

    the animal is declared as DNZ , German breed animal! That is illegal, no succesfull breeding is documented in Germany so far. Any goverment authorithy could easily decline the legallicy of a such declared animal !!
  4. Jemo

    ALDABRA TORTOISE BREEDER

    are you not moving to the new property??
  5. Jemo

    ALDABRA TORTOISE BREEDER

    #Aldabraman normally our eggs weigt at about 80 grams. Now we got a clutch of 30 eggs (!) from a new female and the eggs are very tiny, half the seize than used to, weighting 45-62 grams. How about your eggs, had you ever had so small eggs and can they develop normally?
  6. Jemo

    Iodine, goiter and thyroid problems of Aldabra tortoises

    i think it is a good idea to give it every 2 weeks.
  7. Jemo

    Iodine, goiter and thyroid problems of Aldabra tortoises

    We are not conserned about goiter ore something else. We just think that the sufficiant jodine uptake is important for overall health conditions. And maybe for the breeding success?
  8. Jemo

    Iodine, goiter and thyroid problems of Aldabra tortoises

    They dont have to look for calcium. Aldabra Atoll IS 100% calcium (raised limestone atoll). They will uptake calcium with everything they eat or drink. We never saw them feed on fish, but i could imagine they will take it when they find some and are hungry. We tried it at here home- no Chance!!
  9. Jemo

    Iodine, goiter and thyroid problems of Aldabra tortoises

    While our visits on Aldabra Island 2015 and 2018 we always observed aldabra tortoises "grazing" at the seashore and feeding on brown algae. They are known to contain a rich ammount of salts and jodine. Any jodine uptake will surely not be with sea water as asserted. Since this observations...
  10. Jemo

    Tortoises from the Seychelles

    very beautifull animal!!
  11. Jemo

    Mahé & Moyenne, my tortoises from the Seychelles

    When you manage to keep this conditions with very high humidity for the first years, this so far perfectly grown babies will continue to grow perfectly smooth. Most important is the humid start in life, later years are not so important. Congratulations!!
  12. Jemo

    Moyenne Island

  13. Jemo

    Moyenne Island

  14. Jemo

    Moyenne Island

    We noticed several semi-wild animals with this kind of handicap on several different Islands. All we saw could deal quite good with this handicap and seem to be well integrated into the Group. And obviously they live Long with this "amputation".
  15. Jemo

    Moyenne Island

    there live at about 50 Aldabras semiwild here
  16. Jemo

    Moyenne Island

    maybe an Admin may help!
  17. Jemo

    Moyenne Island

  18. Jemo

    Moyenne Island

    uuupps, how to corrigate the title Moyelle to Moyenne??
  19. Jemo

    Moyenne Island

    Here a few pics of the Little Moyenne Island, located in the inner Seychelles: Instead it is not a pristine island, today it is part of the Seychelles National Park
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