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Hi,
I am looking for a couple of greek torts.
specifically a male greek and a female golden greek.
but will concider any greeks.

hi Crazy, are you looking for ADULTS or hatchlings?

if your interested in hatchlings, you can maybe ask about shelledwarriors.co.uk
click breeders and scroll around see what you find.

I saw these on turtletimes.....
http://www.turtletimes.com/Forums/index....opic=57043

http://www.turtletimes.com/Forums/index....opic=57020

good luck

I happen to have a golden greek male. I have been trying to get him a mate for a while now but cannot afford one. If you can assure me that my golden greek male (rusty) will have a golden greek female in his terrarium then I can just give rusty to you for free. also if we are going to do this I live in georgia and need some idea how to ship him to you.

That would be great. I am in Califonia. I would happily pay shipping. Unfortunatly shipping shouldn't be done until about April Danny I am sure will give us some hints on shipping. I'll ask him. And yes he will have a female, I am looking for more than one for him. How large is he and do you have pictures. Consider this a done deal, if thats ok.

Ok consider it a closed deal. You say i cannot send rusty till april. I don't know much about turtles perhaps you are right and it's too cold to send him now. But I would like to send rusty as soon as we can. What you describe sounds like turtle paradise. Here's a picture i just took of him.

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Rusty looks sweet. I just messaged Danny about shipping- Will let you know. How long have you had him?

He does look great. He isn't a Golden greek though. Can you take a picture of his carapace, looking straight down on top of him and a plastron shot. He could be a Jordanian, Antakyan greek or a cross between the 2.

Danny

Danny, I didn't think he looked Golden either, I just PM'ed Rustytheturtle and asked him to take the pics and post on this thread so that we (he he) you could help with identifying him. And so I can get him the correct females. Hope he posts soon.

From that picture, he looks just like Dozer, our Greek! And he was sold as a Golden, too, but wasn't Golden! LOL!

Can different types of Greeks breed? Can they even be housed (safely) together? (I'm just curious!)

Here is his top and bottom of his shell. Notice he has a war wound on the bottom. The doctor says the wound is not big enough to fix but i should keep an eye on it. That reminds me i should take rusty to the vet and see if he is healthy enough for shipping. perhaps we'll have to get his war wound fixed. He had the wound since i got him. he is suposed to be nineteen years old. I have only had him a year now. I found him at petsmart.

He's from the Jordan/Israel area of the middle east.

They can Kelly, but you don't get as many fertile eggs and the hatchlings don't always do very well. Always best to keep like animals together only.

Danny

I'm confused does that mean he is not a greek tort. I was told he was from the people at petsmart.

He is a Greek tortoise, just not a "Golden" greek tortoise.

Danny

Here are some links that will help explain golden Greeks-There is still some discussion regarding Greek vs. Golden Greeks but these links should help. Pet stores often don't know or care and most important is where they originate from to get there habitat and diet right when in captivity. There are many different Testudo subspecies and debates going on all the time as to who and what fits were.
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/golden.htm
http://www.chelonia.org/articles/tiberag...ekcare.htm
http://www.chelonia.org/testudo_gallery.htm