TC Tortoise Camp
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The last few years I have been seeing a few people selling sub adult Caatinga Cherry heads. These cherry heads usually have marbling but more orange/yellow heads. I was told they were all imported from a farm in Brazil and are micro-chipped. A close friend purchased a group of 10 from someone who remain nameless and all but one was dead within 3 months. Necropsy showed microplasm. I find it suspect that there is a farm in Brazil that is holding their stock for 3-5 years and then exporting them to the US. I have talked to a few others who have purchased them with most of them not making it more than a few months. I have also heard rumors that they are coming out of Venezuela. Does anyone have any accurate insight on them. I have seen some that look amazing but worry that people will purchase them and end up wiping out their entire collections.