Tortoise paperwork

MichiganMan

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Just curious,

Was looking into getting a tortoise for a while now. Did all my homework on care and requirements. It's expensive I know. Lol. Anyway, do tortoise breeders give you any paperwork on the hatchling you recieve. Bloodline, parents ,etc. Like if you were to buy a purebred dog or cat? For example if you wanted to breed them down the road and could show to the buyer where the parents came from. I know you need paperwork in the UK for law purposes but it would be neat to show where your torts came from with proof. Just a thought that popped in my head. Maybe its dumb.. I dont know. Lol
 

Tom

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None that I know of. Usually just pics and names is all I'm asked for.
 

MichiganMan

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I didnt figure there was. Nice idea, probably too complicated to do. If anybody would know the answer it would be you Tom
 

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I was kind of surprised to learn that tortoise breeders don’t do “hatch day” certificates. At my last job, wholesalers included them with birds and reptiles. I’m not sure how accurate they really were, but it was a nice little something to give to the new owner.
 

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I was kind of surprised to learn that tortoise breeders don’t do “hatch day” certificates. At my last job, wholesalers included them with birds and reptiles. I’m not sure how accurate they really were, but it was a nice little something to give to the new owner.
Tortstork does that.
 
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