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Itort
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RE: does redfood need company?
So I'll say this:
[ IF ] Ignorance is not knowing.. stupidity is defending it.
Some keepers choose to be educated.. some choose to be stupid. And it's obvious which is which.
I hope you didn't mean me, Terry. This post was intended as a question, for my learning benefit.
Thanks for all the replies to my question. If you read my post, you would see that I said that I was only keeping them together until the summer when Pio goes outside. The Three Toed, I will put out (under my supervision) for a little bit during the day to get some sun. In my opinion, she is too small to go out alone all summer. Also I know they can't be together, since one will get much bigger than the other.....etc. This is only for the hatchling stage. The reason I asked was to learn, which I am always willing to, as this is my first tortoise.
That being said, I am not new to boxies, as my oldest Eastern, is over 50 years. I got him when I was a kid and raised him, and he lived in my parents yard for as long as I can remember. My sister lives there now and he is still there. He never was sick. My own Ornate, is in her 30's, and is still doing great and lives outside in a pen.
My oldest water turtle is over 21, and now lives in my sisters pond, as I converted my big pond into a Koi pond. So, you can see, I am not too new to the turtle world.
What does confuse me, is that on other forums, some never said this was a bad thing, and I was also told that my three toed and cherry head looked flawless. Also it was not such a bad thing to keep them together, as some people do this when the requirements are the same.
Maybe it's like the UVB question....do you need it or don't you. On another forum, there was a thread a mile long about that.
Thank you all for the replies.
Terry you just justified why you are doing what you are doing! And you'll believe what you want to believe. That's why anyone "surfs" the forums until they find one that tells them what they want to hear.
So.... I hope you didn't mean me, Terry. This post was intended as a question, for my learning benefit.
... Terry you've had those [ on this forum ] that keep virtually every 'species' known tell you that "mixing" species is WRONG! We're waiting to hear you tell us that you have now seperated and will never again house together.. different species! [ age has nothing to do with anything! ]
Well.. have you learned?
Nerd
Here are some other thoughts on this subject: http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/nine_rules.htm http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/companions.html http://www.tortoisetrust.org/care/faq.html http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/vivarium.htm http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/disease.html
Larry
This post was last modified: 04-30-2008 10:49 AM by Itort.
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RE: does redfood need company?
Those are groups which have a very limited scope. All of them I've been banned from... As you all can see... I'm a very nasty disruptive person...
But then again... maybe they only present what THEY want you to read.
Theirs is only one point of view.
Don't get me wrong... their way is a kind of purist point of view which I will not say is wrong. I will say it is extreme. I will also say that a good number of them are hypocrites... and leave it at that.
Why should I or anyone dictate what another keeper should do with their tortoise. A suggestion is one thing... dictation is another.
Back to the point at hand... this person is keeping these very nice looking animals together without any problems. Some others who are questioning the practice might want to turn to this person and ask how he's pulled it off although it is a relatively short time.
My Aldabs and Sulcatas have been together for about 4 years now. I don't intend to seperate for quite a few years more... if at all... why should I?
Ed
So I'll say this:
[ IF ] Ignorance is not knowing.. stupidity is defending it.
Some keepers choose to be educated.. some choose to be stupid. And it's obvious which is which.
I hope you didn't mean me, Terry. This post was intended as a question, for my learning benefit.
Thanks for all the replies to my question. If you read my post, you would see that I said that I was only keeping them together until the summer when Pio goes outside. The Three Toed, I will put out (under my supervision) for a little bit during the day to get some sun. In my opinion, she is too small to go out alone all summer. Also I know they can't be together, since one will get much bigger than the other.....etc. This is only for the hatchling stage. The reason I asked was to learn, which I am always willing to, as this is my first tortoise.
That being said, I am not new to boxies, as my oldest Eastern, is over 50 years. I got him when I was a kid and raised him, and he lived in my parents yard for as long as I can remember. My sister lives there now and he is still there. He never was sick. My own Ornate, is in her 30's, and is still doing great and lives outside in a pen.
My oldest water turtle is over 21, and now lives in my sisters pond, as I converted my big pond into a Koi pond. So, you can see, I am not too new to the turtle world.
What does confuse me, is that on other forums, some never said this was a bad thing, and I was also told that my three toed and cherry head looked flawless. Also it was not such a bad thing to keep them together, as some people do this when the requirements are the same.
Maybe it's like the UVB question....do you need it or don't you. On another forum, there was a thread a mile long about that.
Thank you all for the replies.
Terry you just justified why you are doing what you are doing! And you'll believe what you want to believe. That's why anyone "surfs" the forums until they find one that tells them what they want to hear.
So.... I hope you didn't mean me, Terry. This post was intended as a question, for my learning benefit.
... Terry you've had those [ on this forum ] that keep virtually every 'species' known tell you that "mixing" species is WRONG! We're waiting to hear you tell us that you have now seperated and will never again house together.. different species! [ age has nothing to do with anything! ]
Well.. have you learned?
Nerd
Here are some other thoughts on this subject: http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/nine_rules.htm http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/companions.html http://www.tortoisetrust.org/care/faq.html http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/vivarium.htm http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/disease.html
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RE: does redfood need company?
Ed, what I am trying to point out are some basic prodicals of animal husbandry. You do agree that a quarantine period is required for new additions, correct. What I saying is simply the risks of combining species is a risk. I show and raise both cats and dogs and base my husbandry on these. No one handles these animals without first disinfecting themselves because the risk of crosscontaination. Me neighbor raises hogs and you do not enter his confinement without a cleansuit. I have and do raise both chickens and turkeys for meat and the birds never have any contact at all because of this risk. My vet raises several species of snakes and the don't have contact. These are the sources I base my husbandry on. I beleive they desire nothing less.
Larry
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RE: does redfood need company?
Yours is one opinion... mine is another.
I have the problem with... don't do it... it's a 'control' issue kind of thing.
Ed
Ed, what I am trying to point out are some basic prodicals of animal husbandry. You do agree that a quarantine period is required for new additions, correct. What I saying is simply the risks of combining species is a risk. I show and raise both cats and dogs and base my husbandry on these. No one handles these animals without first disinfecting themselves because the risk of crosscontaination. Me neighbor raises hogs and you do not enter his confinement without a cleansuit. I have and do raise both chickens and turkeys for meat and the birds never have any contact at all because of this risk. My vet raises several species of snakes and the don't have contact. These are the sources I base my husbandry on. I beleive they desire nothing less.
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RE: does redfood need company?
EJ you let your tortoises eat the dog poop?
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RE: does redfood need company?
Why would that make a difference. The Leopard and the boxie is not native to the UK. Actually... if you think about it... that's the ideal situation to mix species.
Again... don't loose the point. I'm not advocating mixing species. For the most part I don't think it is a good idea but at the same time I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with it.
Now that is a VERY good point. The micro-organisms that I've always thought we were talking about were akin to "germs", not really parasites. So if you take a tortoise from one continent and set up his habitat in another continent, all by himself and not with a tortoise from that continent, you are, in essence, exposing the new tortoise to the other continent's germs! Well, that blows my theory right out of the water!
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RE: does redfood need company?
Yours is one opinion... mine is another.
I have the problem with... don't do it... it's a 'control' issue kind of thing.
Ed
So if we had said, "It is my opinion.....and I suggest for this reason.....that you do not mix species..." That would not have awaked the monster?
Yvonne
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RE: does redfood need company?
And here I thought we were going to get into the Amazon indian debate...
You can open up a whole ne can of worms with the germs... but this is the first time I've seen it mentioned.
Ed
Why would that make a difference. The Leopard and the boxie is not native to the UK. Actually... if you think about it... that's the ideal situation to mix species.
Again... don't loose the point. I'm not advocating mixing species. For the most part I don't think it is a good idea but at the same time I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with it.
Now that is a VERY good point. The micro-organisms that I've always thought we were talking about were akin to "germs", not really parasites. So if you take a tortoise from one continent and set up his habitat in another continent, all by himself and not with a tortoise from that continent, you are, in essence, exposing the new tortoise to the other continent's germs! Well, that blows my theory right out of the water!
Yvonne
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RE: does redfood need company?
lets not elevate this beyond friendly discussion.
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RE: does redfood need company?
I don't know... actually... probably not... after rereading... i don't think so.
Ed
Yours is one opinion... mine is another.
I have the problem with... don't do it... it's a 'control' issue kind of thing.
Ed
So if we had said, "It is my opinion.....and I suggest for this reason.....that you do not mix species..." That would not have awaked the monster?
Yvonne
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