I’ve now received 2 animals from Chris Leone at Garden State Tortoise , he only ever suggest keeping tighter same sub species and locale never eastern with Dalmatian. You have to also remember you’re one of hundreds of places orders he probably ships around a thousand babies per season on top of...
First Chris is a busy guy has hundreds of animals and hundreds of orders
He waits till they show growth rings and are healthy to ship,
It takes forever but it’s a quality healthy animal. I have ordered 2 Dalmatian tortoise from him a year apart from each other and no issues.
Eastern are...
Yea I ordered a Dalmatian Hermann, I wanted western but the list was full based on clutches for the year and I wouldn’t get one for a long time, I waited 2 months. Mine had just hatched. He’s sells hatchlings so he waits for them to actually hatch then 8-11 weeks of age to make sure perfectly...