mafia_69 Escreveu:
se se considera dona de alguma verdade absoluta deixe-me que lhe diga que se considera demasiado boa... ninguém aqui tem verdades absolutas, ainda por cima em relação a assuntos tão variaveis quanto este...
Desculpe lá,mas não fui eu que andei aqui a afirmar, alto e bom tom, que se as tartarugas não hibernarem ficam inferteis, pois não?
as tartarugas precisam de hibernar, não só devido à história da infertilidade, mas por outras razões... precisam desse tempo de descanso...
e eu á espera de factos que suportem a sua....
A minha ?
A questão é que não sou eu que ando para aqui com teorias. Se o mafia_69 afirma que se não hibernarem ficam inferteis, continou à espera (eu e todos os participantes deste forum) que fundamente as suas afirmações com provas cientificas/estatisticas que comprovem e suportem tal teoria.
Mas quer uma afirmações engraçadas?
Hibernation is a risky life stage for a turtle and hence is capable of killing it. Personally I do not recommend that people hibernate their turtles until they are proficient keepers. Mainly because the turtle must be prepared to hibernate and that takes a significant understanding on the part of the keeper. Note that I view keeping of turtles as long term, ie 60+years per individual, and what you can get away with for 10 years is nothing compared to the correct lifespan of turtles which is around 100 years (species specific though).
Care to Cheldys, 2001
Numerous keepers (some on this forum) have kept RES, as well as other species, long term while never hibernating them with absoluetly no harm and no health issues resulting from a lack of hibernation. Countless breeders in Texas and Florida never hibernate their animals and they've reported no issues. So to say they need hibernation or they will die and state it as a fact is misleading. If you have a stong belief or an opinioni, then that's fine, we'd love to hear it. But don't state it as a fact as it may mislead some new keepers in the wrong direction by thinking this information is a proven fact.
There's a lot of stock being put into turtles hibernating simply because that's what happens in nature. However, what about turtles of the same subspecies that do not hibernate? For example, RES are found pretty much everywhere. Does this now mean that those living in florida that don't hibernate are gong to live shorter lives than RES living in Ohio? That's ridiculous. Or is it that they no longer fall under the same criteria as northern counsins. Sure, they might be the same species, but because they've moved to Florida, they are no longer held to the same physiological boundaries that those in the north are. That how it works? Complete nonsense. Explain to me then why it is that long-term breeders in Florida, who may or may not have gained wild caught turtles from the north who now breed them and do not hibernate them have no issues with health, have no issues with breeding and have no issues whatsoever with shortened lifespans. I will admit that turtles in captivity have not been long-studied to an exact science, but that admittance of lacking information works both ways. We've all seen where studies are incorrect through the presentation of experienced keepers. We were always taught that turtles eating gravel was going to definitely kill your animal. That was a given at the time. We later learned through experienced keepers that this is not the case. Yes, there is a potential risk and a possibility that turtles eating gravel could cause health complications or even death. That's an understood scenario. My point is, we KNEW that to be true back then, and through experience, we've found that we were wrong and didn't really know what we thought we knew. As shown repeatedly in the past, forecasted complications to certain care aspects have been shown to be incorrect through actually keeping an animal in those circumstances. You can look at all of the data you'd like and make some really good guesses, but when it comes down to it, that's all they are - guesses. When the lack of experience is available to challenge those findings, then yes, by all means, go with it. But when experience has shown that it doesn't happen the way the books say it happens, then that's when you have to realize that these findings were incorrect.
In short, there are too many that have kept vast numbers of species without hibernating them, and they've kept them for years and have had no shortened lifespans, no additional health issues and no problems with breeding. Sure, there are some that can be difficult with regards to breeding, but as one of the more experienced breeders clued me into after discussing this topic with him - they are reptiles and if they are in setting which is condusive to their survival, then they will repopulate their kind; be it next year or in 5 years.
TT 2004
Se quiser tambem pode ler "the repoductive biology of the chelonia" de G. Kuchling . Vai ver que encontra lá umas estatisticas muito engraçadas.
Por isso meu caro, eu não recomendo a hibernação a ninguem. Mas tambem não ando a afirmar teorias da caca, como se fossem verdade absolutas (se não hibernarem = ficam inferteis).
Espero agora, que seja capaz de colocar os seus estudos e fontes, de modo a suportarem a sua teoria
nanci
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