Pet turtle & tortoise — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)
Source: Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search, query "(pet turtle OR pet tortoise OR captive turtle OR captive tortoise) AND (diet OR nutrition OR husbandry)", 183 hits (2026-07-22). Each entry is a first-hand peer-reviewed study; the abstract opening is quoted verbatim from the publisher abstract. 6 representative studies below (filtered for species + nutrition relevance).
- PMID 40202951 — Demography, commonly recorded disorders and mortality in chelonia under UK primary veterinary care: A VetCompass study. (PloS one, 2025). Abstract (opening): Little information has been published on the recorded disorders of pet chelonia. This cohort study aimed to report on demography, commonly recorded disorders and mortality recorded
- PMID 39564741 — Global dynamics of functional composition in CITES-traded reptiles. (Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America, 2025). Abstract (opening): Global wildlife trade is a billion-dollar industry, with millions of individuals traded annually from a diversity of taxa, many of which are directly threatened by trade. Reptiles
- PMID 39595258 — Trends in Urban Wild Meat Trade of Chelonians (Turtles and Tortoises) in the Peruvian Amazon. (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2024). Abstract (opening): Culturally, chelonians are important sources of nutrition and income for rural and urban people in tropical rainforests, but urban trade can cause declines in wild populations. Thi
- PMID 38992617 — Macro- and micro-anatomical investigation of the oropharyngeal roof of landform greek tortoise (Testudo graeca graeca) and semi-aquatic red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans). (BMC veterinary research, 2024). Abstract (opening): The present investigation examined the oropharyngeal roof of two turtles having different feeding behaviors: the landform Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca graeca) primarily herbivore
- PMID 38635596 — Body condition scoring facilitates healthcare monitoring in Hermann's Tortoises (Testudo hermanni ssp.). (PloS one, 2024). Abstract (opening): Clinical assessment of body condition is crucial in captive and free-ranging reptiles, since a large percentage of diseases result from inadequate nutrition. However, preventive he
- PMID 37233230 — Mycotic Diseases in Chelonians. (Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2023). Abstract (opening): Turtles and 'tortoises' populations are declining in number, the factors driving extinction risks being related to habitat loss and degradation, climate change, introduction of inv
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Source text: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_turtle_tortoise_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).