I'm planning to get a tortoise. My top picks are Hermann's tortoise, Indian star, cherry head, Burmese star, and radiated tortoise. Maybe an eastern box turtle.
I'm really set on buying from tortstork because I think raising one from the egg will be magical. Has anyone tried to get a different breeder to ship an egg?
Tortstork doesn't sell Burmese stars and they would be a better choice. I always live in hot places and I want to move closer to the equator the older I get. I plan to hand feed and work hard to tame my tortoise from day one.
Indian stars are supposed to be shy and delicate, maybe not the best turtle friend. I'm hoping that after the first few years of life they would be more hardy and durable, but I don't know about that.
I don't plan on being a collector, I just want one tortoise. Stars are social and I wonder that would be a waste for me to just have one.
I love their look, size, the fact that they don't burrow or brumate, and that they don't chase around their keepers like testudo species. Also they're supposedly more chill and sedentary.
I've kept basking turtles, a snapper, an iguana, a beardie, a variety of boas and pythons, and a variety of toads and frogs, but never a tortoise.
I've been researching for months and trying to make up my mind. Please send help, I'm in over my head with choices. Can someone please talk me into or out of this species?
I'm really set on buying from tortstork because I think raising one from the egg will be magical. Has anyone tried to get a different breeder to ship an egg?
Tortstork doesn't sell Burmese stars and they would be a better choice. I always live in hot places and I want to move closer to the equator the older I get. I plan to hand feed and work hard to tame my tortoise from day one.
Indian stars are supposed to be shy and delicate, maybe not the best turtle friend. I'm hoping that after the first few years of life they would be more hardy and durable, but I don't know about that.
I don't plan on being a collector, I just want one tortoise. Stars are social and I wonder that would be a waste for me to just have one.
I love their look, size, the fact that they don't burrow or brumate, and that they don't chase around their keepers like testudo species. Also they're supposedly more chill and sedentary.
I've kept basking turtles, a snapper, an iguana, a beardie, a variety of boas and pythons, and a variety of toads and frogs, but never a tortoise.
I've been researching for months and trying to make up my mind. Please send help, I'm in over my head with choices. Can someone please talk me into or out of this species?