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marginatawhisperer

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Hello, I am new to this forum, it is quite impressive.

First tortoise, Testudo hermanni male, 50 years ago, had him 17 years, he died by being turned over under a heating lamp, horrible.
Always dreamed of Testudo marginatas, now got four. Two young males, two (hopefully females). They are not common in captivity here in Sweden. VERY cold winters.

My name is Erik
 

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Welcome
We have another member from sweden on here who raises red foot tortoises.
 

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Hello, Erik! How cool that you have four marginatas. Definitely one of the rarer Testudos. Looking forward to seeing pictures of them sometime. :)
 

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Hi Erik:

Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!!
 

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Thank you for the warm welcome.
I will try to post pictures, it might take some time, not very good at this.
Red footed tortoises quite popular in Sweden, and leopards and horsfieldi too. I wish I could have them all.
 
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