Along with some terrapins. There were a few other bits and bobs, an alligator snapping turtle, some sullies, some leopards and some reds but didn't have the camera charged for that. Originally, Mauritius had two species of giant torts, Cylindraspis inepta and Cylindraspis triserrata but when Mauritius became inhabited by the Dutch in 1638 the islands' many unique species got wiped by the introduction of invasive species such as pigs and dogs as they had not been used to this kind of thing before, only the Arabics and Portuguese knew about it but never settled there. Bringing slaves from Rodrigues and Madagascar they established a community on the previously undisturbed island, but wrecked a lot of the wildlife including the dodo. The hope is eventually to introduce aladabra giants back into the ecosystem. The photos below are from private, public and conservation efforts where they keep them very naturally, such as Casela National Park. Even in the enclosures, one pair of 4 year olds had a 2 acre enclosure. Nearly all of them are CB, raised in quite dry conditions but with humid hides. They are kept outside year round. As you can see from the photos, one of the main foods they feed is sugar cane, not usually considered good but seems to work. I hope the mods don't mind me posting a link as photobucket is playing up.
Mauritian Chelonia
For some reason it wouldn't allow direct link so if you go to the link through the SW forum you'll find it.
Ok somebody on another forum has just pointed out a problem, apparently if you are not a member you can't see the pics, but my photobucket is down so I have no way of uploading to this forum.
Mauritian Chelonia
For some reason it wouldn't allow direct link so if you go to the link through the SW forum you'll find it.
Ok somebody on another forum has just pointed out a problem, apparently if you are not a member you can't see the pics, but my photobucket is down so I have no way of uploading to this forum.
