AzDesert
Member
Hi all!
I'm sending this out to all my tort lovers and trust all of your thoughts!!!!!
I was at my exotic vet clinic a few days ago for one of my tort babies (nothing major wrong w/ him) and they told me that only about 20% of hatchlings from a clutch survive past the first 3 months of life. They were including pretty much all tortoise species.
That stuck in my mind and has bothered me for the past 4 days and wanted to see what everyone's thoughts were on that. The reason it has bothered me so much is that if it IS true, I wish i had known that, especially after buying a number of hatchlings over the past year. (Different species & breeders) Breeders that sell their hatchlings should at least state that on their website. (if its true) I'm not saying they have to be responsible for every tort that doesn't survive and do refunds and all that mess, i'm just saying that if I had known that before I purchased (if it's true) I may have thought a little harder about it before spending hundreds of dollars on a high risk animal. OK, LOL! I would have done it anyway!
I totally get it, I have common sense and understand the "uncontrolled ways of life", so please don't think i'm looking for trouble with anyone. I am just simply curious if anyone has any feedback on the survival rate of a clutch and if what they told me was actually true.
Thanks for listening and look forward to your thoughts!!
p.s. Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!
I'm sending this out to all my tort lovers and trust all of your thoughts!!!!!
I was at my exotic vet clinic a few days ago for one of my tort babies (nothing major wrong w/ him) and they told me that only about 20% of hatchlings from a clutch survive past the first 3 months of life. They were including pretty much all tortoise species.
That stuck in my mind and has bothered me for the past 4 days and wanted to see what everyone's thoughts were on that. The reason it has bothered me so much is that if it IS true, I wish i had known that, especially after buying a number of hatchlings over the past year. (Different species & breeders) Breeders that sell their hatchlings should at least state that on their website. (if its true) I'm not saying they have to be responsible for every tort that doesn't survive and do refunds and all that mess, i'm just saying that if I had known that before I purchased (if it's true) I may have thought a little harder about it before spending hundreds of dollars on a high risk animal. OK, LOL! I would have done it anyway!
I totally get it, I have common sense and understand the "uncontrolled ways of life", so please don't think i'm looking for trouble with anyone. I am just simply curious if anyone has any feedback on the survival rate of a clutch and if what they told me was actually true.
Thanks for listening and look forward to your thoughts!!
p.s. Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!