Very nice tort you picked up! Congrats!
Could you get some overall setup pics? I would like to see em and I am sure our new tort keepers would as well!
:D
EJ
what are you talking about.....I never said the farms didnt exist......I simply stated that here they do not buy from them, nor did I when I had my business going. I have personally been to the facilities where the ones here come from....my wifes tort came from one of them.
My answer would be:
You shouldn't "not" buy from a store......You "should" however only buy from stores that have knowledge of the animals and care about them in the manner that is needed. I personally have gotten some really nice torts from stores, the owners and the employees care and have...
Just to be clear.....I meant ask where they buy from. If they buy from a breeder they will know and tell you, if they say from our supply house they are just ordering without any regard to well being of the animal. Like I said before, all but a handful of shops statewide here buy from the same...
I cannot agree with not buying from shops.....I used to work for a large family owned pet store that buys from breeders. So the torts they carry are CB juvies. And most all others around here also buy from wholesalers that buy from breeders. So the whole taking them out of the wild thing is not...
Daily.
Sometimes the indoors ones will get a fasting day. Outsides get fed 3-4 times a week prepared. However they have natural foods available 24/7 in the pens.