Haha, you definitely like Burmese more, but I still have my heart set on an Indian Star. An Indian Star hatchling was actually the first tortoise I saw that made me want to get a tortoise. The only reason I got an Eastern Hermann's instead was cuz I was intimidated by everyone saying they are...
I've been looking through quite a few listings of Indian Star hatchlings for sale and I noticed, some are much smaller looking than others of same relative age, around 2 months. Some in fact look almost twice the size. I assume the listing is correct about species and age since it's from a...
Thank you and will keep updated. This community is great, so many caring members. I'm not in too much of a hurry so I can wait a bit for the right one. There's a heat wave going on here in the states anyway, not good conditions to ship tortoises anyway.
Trying to get one here from someone reputable vs pet stores where they could be sickly or not even captive bred. If I don't find one here I'll try morphmarket. If I lived where you are, I'd have the courage to get the most beautiful tortoise, a Radiated tortoise. Unfortunately NY is too cold...
Already read your guide on Indian Stars Tom. It was a good read and much better than the random advice people on reddit give, which I sometimes think is very questionable. And yes I have my heart set on an Indian Star, I like the look of them more too. Not sure why. It would have been great...