I-Leopard torto zithola igama labo emakethe e- plastron yabo efana nekati elikhulu elinalo igama elifanayo. Lezi zimpawu zenza i-tortoise ingwe isilwane esithakazelisayo kodwa umuntu kufanele acabange ngaphezu kokubukeka kwalesi sikhukhula esikhulu ngaphambi kokunquma ukunakekela eyodwa.
Amagama we-Torto Tortoises
I-Leopard tortoise, uStigmochelys pardalis ( owayeyiGeochelone pardalis), uStigmochelys pardalis pardalis , uStigmochelys pardalis babcocki
Usayizi wezingwegwe ze-Leopard
Ngokwesilinganiso, iziphuphu zezingwe zifinyelela cishe ngamasentimitha angu-10 kuya ku-18 ubude (ngezinye izici ezincane ezikhula ziba ngamasentimitha angu-20 ubude) futhi zilinganisa cishe ngamakhilogremu angu-40-50 (nakuba ezinye zingaba amakhilogremu angu-70). I-tortoise ingwe yi-tortoise yesibili enkulu kunazo zonke ezivela e-Afrika (nge- tortoise / sulcata i - African spurred tortoise ).
Ukuphila Kwama-Tortoises e-Leopard
I-Leopard torto live iminyaka engama-50-100 endle ezenza kube isilwane esizokwazi ukukusiza.
Ukudla ama-Leopard Tortoises
I-Leopard tortoise yi-grazers ye-herbivorous ngakho ukudla kwabo okuhle kunomuthi ogcwele utshani obuphezulu kanye nemifino. Utshani obungenayo i-pesticide lungcono ekudleni ngesikhathi sezulu esifudumele (isib. I-tortoise-proof yard) kanye nokudla kwabo kwansuku zonke kufanele kube ikakhulukazi utshani obunjalo ematheni noma ensimini yezithelo noma utshani. Inani elincane lemifino linganikezwa futhi . Gwema ukudla okunomsoco oxalates (ie imifino ye-beet, i-swiss chard, nesipinashi) noma izithelo (kungabangela ukuphazamiseka kokugaya nokuhuda okuzokhipha imfucuza ingwe).
Futhi, ungalokothi ukondle inja noma ikati yokudla noma amanye amaprotheni ezinyamazane ukuze ugweme ukulimaza izinso ze-tortoise ingwe.
I-calcium ne-vitamin D3 ukwengezwa kunconywa nsuku zonke izingulube zezingwe (i-vitamin D3 ibaluleke kakhulu uma izikhumba zezingwe zihlala endlini). Izingxenye ze-cuttlebone (ezingatholakala endaweni yesigqila yesitolo sesilwane) zingabuye zinikezwe ukugaya, impilo enomlomo, kanye ne-calcium eyengeziwe.
Izindlu ze-Leopard zezindlu ezingaphandle
Izindlu zangaphandle zithandeka ngezingwetshe lapho ingqikithi ivumela khona. Amazinga okushisa emini kufanele abe ngama-degree angu-80 kuya kwangu-90 kuya ku-Celsius (27-32 degrees Celsius) ngokudonsa emazingeni okushisa ebusuku kuya ku-65-75 degrees Fahrenheit (19-24 degrees Celsius). I-Leopard torto ayikwazi ukubekezelela izimo ezipholile noma ezinomthunzi futhi cishe zizogula uma zitholakala kulo. Kukhona isidingo esikhulu, esiqinile, esiqinile esivimbelwe ukuvikela izilwane ezidliwayo, kanye nomthunzi, ukufihla izindawo, nokufinyelela emanzini angenalutho amanzi (ejulile ngokwanele ukungena ngaphakathi kodwa engacacile ngokwanele ukuthi ukugeleza akusikho okungenzeka). Indawo enotshani eyomile evumela ukuhlwanyela ibuye ifanele ukuvuselela ingqondo, ukuzikhandla ngokomzimba nokudla.
Izindlu ze-Leopard zokuhlala ngaphakathi
Ngisho noma ungakwazi ukukhanda ingwe yakho ngaphandle kweziningi zonyaka ungase udinge ukubalethe endlini yangakini noma wonke unyaka. Lokhu kubizwa ngokuthi i- overwintering . Uma lokhu kudingekile, faka indawo enkulu ngaphakathi (endlini). Abantu abaningi basebenzisa igumbi lokulala elincane abaguqula libe yindawo yokuhlanza. Utshani utshani wenza i-substrate ekahle noma ukulala. Njengoba iqhubu lengwe lingabonakali elangeni elingahlungiwe ngefasitela, ukukhanya kwe-UVA / UVB kubalulekile.
Lokhu kukhanya okhethekile kufanele kuhambisane nomjikelezo wamahora angu-10-12 nsuku zonke (futhi ungacweliswa ngeglasi noma eplastiki) ukulingisa ilanga nezincomo zomkhiqizi kufanele kulandelwe ukuhamba amabanga futhi uma ungena esikhundleni se-bulb. Kufanele kuhlinzekwe indawo engaphansi kwama-degrees Fahrenheit angu-35 (35 degrees Celsius) besebenzisa ama-bulb e-reptile okushisa noma ama-emitters okushisa okushisa ama-ceramic. Okunye okufakiwe kungatshiswa ku-80-90 degrees Fahrenheit (27-32 degrees Celsius) emini kanye no-65-75 degrees Fahrenheit (19-24 degrees Celsius) ebusuku. I-pan engajulile yamanzi (ejulile ngokwanele ukuhamba kodwa engacacile ngokwanele ukuvimbela ukugwinya) kufanele inikezwe ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Ukuziphatha kwe-Leopard Tortoises
Njengezinye iziphupho, izingwegwe zithuthuka, zithule futhi zingabi nonya. Nakuba isibhamu esikhulu singenza iphutha ngomunwe wokudla, cishe akunakunqunywa yi-tortoise ingwe.
I-Leopard torto futhi ayifuni isikhathi eside ngoba ivela esimweni sezulu esiphezulu sonyaka wonke (iNingizimu Afrika, iTopiya, iSomalia, njll) kodwa amandla abo emzimbeni kanye namandla angancipha phakathi nezinyanga ezipholile.
Ihlelwe ngu-Adrienne Kruzer, i-RVT