I have a project about spur tighed tortoises' subspecies in Greece and Anatolia for a research. I will GPS track greek tortoises. do GPS device bother tortoises?
Or these torts are burrowing ground and burrowing process cause GPS damage or fall of its shell. What to do?
In here, Turkey, tortoises are common and you can see them in whole country. There is a story that my friend telling;
In his childhood, they were living close to Aegean Sea and they have a 5-10 decar melon field. But+15 tortoises were terrorizing the garden as taking a bite from all melons...
my 25 gr. greeek hatchling do not moving around the enclosure. Eats his meal(i think he's male) and sleeps, or sits in his burrow all the day. i get him off to garden to walk, he walks and runs. Is it means his enclosure is small for him? (55*55 cm) or what?
I found a greek hatchling in my garden 1-2 months ago(They are native here) I have fed tortoises ago too. I decide to adopt this little guy. it's a big advantage for them to be native here
I feed him with wild weeds(mullberry leaves,bindweed,plantain, dandelion, thistle, mallow, hibiscus and...