anyone here keep them?
I was thinking of getting one
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John Henry
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hingebacks
jhenry
Oct 19, 2003 08:33 PM
Replies (9)
Lindsay92502
Oct 19, 2003 09:54 PM
Hi John Henry,
I have a male bells hingeback named Rover. He is the coolest tortoise in the world. What kind do you have?
Lindsay
jhenry
Oct 19, 2003 10:41 PM
I don't have any
I was thinking of getting one
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John Henry
jhenry
Oct 19, 2003 10:43 PM
herd they were very hard to keep
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John Henry
Katrina
Oct 19, 2003 10:49 PM
A word of warning. Almost any adult hingeback, or even some at the 4" size, are 99% likely wild-caught. It will cast you $ to have fecals done, deworming meds, and possibly supportive care for dehydration and other problems from one purchased from a pet store or reptile show. If you can find a breeder willing to sell juveniles, which are few and far between, then I'd go that route. But buying one from a pet store or dealer will only encourage wild-caught imports.
Bell's hingebacks are the most expensive, because they are not allowed to be imported into the US any longer.
Katrina
jhenry
Oct 19, 2003 11:07 PM
Thats what I heard elsewhere
thnaks for confirming.
I think I will sick with my 1 lepard tortoise
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John Henry
EJ
Oct 20, 2003 01:19 AM
The grassland type are the best. If you get fresh imports that have good weight they readily adapt and have personalities that can blow you away.
The forest type can be as out going but you can rarely find them in any good shape as imports.
These would be a very special project because of their difficulty to acclimate and they are basically worthless so it would have to be a labor of love.
Ed
Katrina
Oct 20, 2003 10:36 PM
"it would have to be a labor of love."
Why else would we be doing it?
Katrina
Posted by: EJ at Mon Oct 20 01:19:41 2003
The grassland type are the best. If you get fresh imports that have good weight they readily adapt and have personalities that can blow you away.
The forest type can be as out going but you can rarely find them in any good shape as imports.
These would be a very special project because of their difficulty to acclimate and they are basically worthless so it would have to be a labor of love.
Ed
EJ
Oct 20, 2003 11:50 PM
in the real world some people actually think they can make money at this... and you wanna know the funny thing... some people do. (unfortunately, i'm not one of them.)
Ed
Katrina
Oct 21, 2003 06:13 AM
You're not implyling that I'm not in the real world, now are you?
Katrina
