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    Reconsidering My Choice Of Tortoise(Suggestions?)

    Most of the leopards that are available here are imported and all of them were imported from africa or so they claimed it to be, hence why i would see the leopards get labeled as for example: Kenyan pardalis babcocki, Zambian pardalis babcocki, and even Somalian pardalis babcocki... Refering to...
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    Reconsidering My Choice Of Tortoise(Suggestions?)

    They are indeed amazing but one thing that still bothers me to this day is the rumors that they are "fragile" and it's a common rumor among the community in my country hence why leopards altho they're not less popular than sulcatas they still inflict fears on people because they are said to be...
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    Reconsidering My Choice Of Tortoise(Suggestions?)

    I would like to clarify that, Yes SA Leopards are indeed available here but it's far beyond my reach due to the things that i have listed. They aren't even common in the general market here so yes it's incredibly rare and that's why it's incredibly expensive over here, only a few like maybe way...
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    Reconsidering My Choice Of Tortoise(Suggestions?)

    Thanks! I will refer to all species that is readily available in the general market both small and medium sized! Except for sulcatas and aldabras, because of course they are giants 😅, especially aldabras because they are just another luxury We got Leopard Babcocki,Redfoot,Yellowfoot...
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    Reconsidering My Choice Of Tortoise(Suggestions?)

    Hermannis are very gorgeous i've also fascinated by them but sadly hermannis hasn't entered the general market here and some people would falsely identify them as greek tortoises over here(real)
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    Reconsidering My Choice Of Tortoise(Suggestions?)

    Thanks! This is exactly what im afraid of... Implusive decision making and its consequences and i dont want that on my side, In my country tortoises (especially sulcatas) is getting more and more popular than ever it all started when the pandemic hits that they would grew tremendously in...
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    Reconsidering My Choice Of Tortoise(Suggestions?)

    Thank you! I also hope others would hop on and give their opinions!
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    Reconsidering My Choice Of Tortoise(Suggestions?)

    I also would like to inform that certain species of tortoises such as manouria and marginated tortoises is not a possibility in my country they are just not in the general market and radiated tortoises are just a luxury, the climate may be tropical here but it gets really hot here as well.
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    Reconsidering My Choice Of Tortoise(Suggestions?)

    For a good amount period of time my fascination was drawn towards sulcatas and sulcatas only, there were times when my attention was drawn to other species but at the end of the day most of the attraction and fascination would always end up heading towards at sulcatas again. As i learn more and...
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    Babies don't eat everyday? Can i trust this local conservation?

    Greetings! So, while searching for a potential breeder/importer i stumble across a local conservation that also import tortoises from outside the country for distribution, this specific conservation seems to be(if haven't claimed themselves as one) a certified/verified conservation by the...
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    Enclosure sizes, And it's impact on the tortoise's well being mentally/physically

    @Maro2Bear @Tom Hello, again, sorry for the late response and thanks for the notice and concern I actually have been mostly relying on caresheets from the TFO mostly from Tom's caresheet for the past few weeks, and also take references about certain topics from the discussion threads if i need...
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    Enclosure sizes, And it's impact on the tortoise's well being mentally/physically

    Hi, sorry for the late response, im planning to use an old bookshelf just gonna need to unscrew the platforms, it's still in a perfect condition and it's about 51x24" the problem is that the shelf is made of particle board, and particle boards don't stand againts prolonged humidity that well, so...
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    Enclosure sizes, And it's impact on the tortoise's well being mentally/physically

    Greetings! I've been questioning about this for a while and it's starting to haunt my thoughts since im also gonna adopt a baby sulcata (3-4 months old)and the day is getting closer and closer, having done a decent amount of research (like 2 months or so) Still, i just think there is still so...
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    Enclosures Size, And it's impact on the tortoise's well being mentally/physically

    Greetings! I've been questioning about this for a while and it's starting to haunt my thoughts since im also gonna adopt a baby sulcata (3-4 months old)and the day is getting closer and closer, having done a decent amount of research (like 2 months or so) Still, i just think there is still so...
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