mandymo
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I already have a spurthigh but getting a hermann and horsefield next saturday, will i be able to house the 2 new ones together, they will be 6 months old x
Dear All,
FYI, we´ve just published our work about the parasite spillover from alien turtles (Trachemys scripta) to European pond turtles.
http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/dao/v113/n1/p75-80/
This is not just a exchange of parasites between both species, blood fluke infestation caused mortality of around 30% of the population, and there´s no treatment.
Here we have the evidence that there´s no need of thousands of alien turtles to have a deep impact on native ones. Just a couple of infected turtles can decimate a small population of pond turtles.
So, check your populations for any mortality event. And keep in mind that blood flukes can be carried by Trachemys, but also by Pseudemys, Chrysemys, Chelydra and more..
Time for changes in the EU legislation?
Cesar