News Item: 183 year old tortoise saved by vet

[W Shaw]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-s-oldest-tortoise-183-year-old-Jonathan.html

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

~ Awesome

 

[yillt]

Read this this morning and was thinking king of sharing but you beat me to it. Very interesting article

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Read this this morning and was thinking king of sharing but you beat me to it. Very interesting article

~ This is all over Facebook.

 

[wellington]

Glad he's doing so good now. Interesting that so much fruit would be considered a good diet. I just wonder if a continuing diet with that much fruit will do him more harm then good down the road or should we be giving our torts or just those who have Aldabras more fruit then what we do, if any at all is given? @ALDABRAMAN do you know anything good or bad about giving that much fruit as part of a daily diet? I know you have fed watermelon, do you give more fruit then that? Do you know anyone with Aldabras or any other species that feeds a lot of fruit with no visible problems?

 

[Yvonne G]

I feed mine about the same % fruit as I feed the RF tortoises

 

[Gillian M]

Great!

 

[Lyn W]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-s-oldest-tortoise-183-year-old-Jonathan.html

It's mind boggling to think of all the history he's been part of.

 

[W Shaw]

Glad he's doing so good now. Interesting that so much fruit would be considered a good diet. I just wonder if a continuing diet with that much fruit will do him more harm then good down the road or should we be giving our torts or just those who have Aldabras more fruit then what we do, if any at all is given? @ALDABRAMAN do you know anything good or bad about giving that much fruit as part of a daily diet? I know you have fed watermelon, do you give more fruit then that? Do you know anyone with Aldabras or any other species that feeds a lot of fruit with no visible problems?

Maybe it's just a temporary measure for weight gain. Vet has my little rescued Russian eating winter squashes temporarily to put some weight on, even though they're really too sweet to be part of his regular diet once he's gained what he needs.

 

[wellington]

Maybe it's just a temporary measure for weight gain. Vet has my little rescued Russian eating winter squashes temporarily to put some weight on, even though they're really too sweet to be part of his regular diet once he's gained what he needs.

That's what I thought at first, but sounds like it's a permanent part of the diet.

 

[W Shaw]

That's what I thought at first, but sounds like it's a permanent part of the diet.

Hard to say from a news story. No way to know what the vet is actually doing with him. Reporters take notes and pull the story together, but rarely get all the details. I suspect the reporter was only interested in a feel-good story, and asked the vet what kinds of things he fed the tortoise to make him gain weight, and the vet listed a few "ferinstances".

 

[Stitchpunk]

Here's another for you from a few years ago. Not as old as Jonathan but she did survive a world war!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/cutestuff/3004179/Refugee-tortoise-leads-an-epic-life

 

[W Shaw]

Here's another for you from a few years ago. Not as old as Jonathan but she did survive a world war!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/cutestuff/3004179/Refugee-tortoise-leads-an-epic-life

Wow... She's a tough old girl!

 

[wellington]

Here's another for you from a few years ago. Not as old as Jonathan but she did survive a world war!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/cutestuff/3004179/Refugee-tortoise-leads-an-epic-life[/QUOT

Wow cool story. Thanks for sharing.

 

[TerrapinStation]

Two very cool torts. Glad they are getting the celebrity and recognition they deserve.