Kinixys Homeana

zoey1969 · 08-10-2013, 01:31 PM

I have a 12 year old Home's Hingback, which I incubated to be female.

I'm wondering if anyone else has captive bred these guys as she is the only egg that ever hatched for me and I hate seeing her on her own.

Twice I have relented in pet shops and bought young wild caught specimens, although I know I should not! Each time the poor creatures died within a week.

Are there any UK breeders out there?

Thanks

Zoey

FLINTUS · 08-10-2013, 08:14 PM

Ah another hinge keeper, great news! I have 3 erosa-LTC probably, as only 4 or 5 confirmed captive breeding incidents in the world I have found, although a few sketchy 2nd hand reports from Eastern Europe- which are very similar-the ranges overlap. There are a few CB homeana kicking around, someone I know is selling an adult breeding group of 6 CB by a zoo for 1500 at the moment. There are a few breeders of them in Europe as well. As an adult CB, you have a pretty valuable tortoise-£300-400 I would say.

zoey1969 · 08-10-2013, 11:37 PM

I don't want her to be lonely.
She's really started climbing around restlessly this year! I do wish I had room for 6 more that would be amazing!!

They are such great tortoises.

Her parents were adorable, but her mother had a fall into the water trough and drowned before I found her, the male refused to eat after that and pined away in less than a week!! I was devastated!!

I can't believe it's so hard to find cb homeanas.

FLINTUS · 10-10-2013, 06:55 PM

Not enough LTC to start those colonies. Most die soon after importation.

08-10-2013, 01:31 PM	#1
zoey1969 Junior Member Egg Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 5	Kinixys Homeana I have a 12 year old Home's Hingback, which I incubated to be female. I'm wondering if anyone else has captive bred these guys as she is the only egg that ever hatched for me and I hate seeing her on her own. Twice I have relented in pet shops and bought young wild caught specimens, although I know I should not! Each time the poor creatures died within a week. Are there any UK breeders out there? Thanks Zoey

08-10-2013, 08:14 PM	#2
FLINTUS Member Juvenile Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 960	Ah another hinge keeper, great news! I have 3 erosa-LTC probably, as only 4 or 5 confirmed captive breeding incidents in the world I have found, although a few sketchy 2nd hand reports from Eastern Europe- which are very similar-the ranges overlap. There are a few CB homeana kicking around, someone I know is selling an adult breeding group of 6 CB by a zoo for 1500 at the moment. There are a few breeders of them in Europe as well. As an adult CB, you have a pretty valuable tortoise-£300-400 I would say. __________________ 2.2 Red Foots 1.0 Golden Retriever 1.1 Lop-eared rabbits 1.2 Serrated/Forest Hingebacks Fish Snails-Achatina Fulica 'Jadatzi', Limicolaria Flammea, Limicolaria Numidica, Archachatina marginata suturalis, Achatina Tincta Jadatzi GALS for sale: http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...799#post610799

10-10-2013, 06:55 PM	#4
FLINTUS Member Juvenile Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 960	Not enough LTC to start those colonies. Most die soon after importation. __________________ 2.2 Red Foots 1.0 Golden Retriever 1.1 Lop-eared rabbits 1.2 Serrated/Forest Hingebacks Fish Snails-Achatina Fulica 'Jadatzi', Limicolaria Flammea, Limicolaria Numidica, Archachatina marginata suturalis, Achatina Tincta Jadatzi GALS for sale: http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...799#post610799

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08-10-2013, 11:37 PM	#3
zoey1969 Junior Member Egg Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 5	I don't want her to be lonely. She's really started climbing around restlessly this year! I do wish I had room for 6 more that would be amazing!! They are such great tortoises. Her parents were adorable, but her mother had a fall into the water trough and drowned before I found her, the male refused to eat after that and pined away in less than a week!! I was devastated!! I can't believe it's so hard to find cb homeanas.

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