11-06-2011, 09:20 AM | #11 |
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They state Captive Bred
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11-06-2011, 09:25 AM | #13 |
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Ok, back to square one in finding a tortoise! I'll avoid ones that are not bred in the UK. I did automatically presume these were! Not good to be presumptuous! I'm not in any rush anyway. So what age should I look for to try to make it really tame?
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the papers should say the country of origin so if the seller is the breeder it will say uk and unless its changed the sellers name and address on them. I'm not sure about the new chips but certainly with the old ones you have to change the name and address when the tort changes hands or you move but I don't know of many who are using the new ones yet so your seller must be really up to date, it is a well known person? someone from here?
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they don't become 'tame' as such they get used to you and handling, they don't like being 'cuddled' or handled more than needed although given time they will learn to recognise the voice/hand that feeds them. As they don't have any teeth as such they can't hurt you like another 'wild' animal and being bred in cpativity are'nt really wild in the first place.
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I am not one who believes they are wild caught by the way
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11-06-2011, 09:38 AM | #19 |
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I couldn't say for definite either way, but I have read a lot about it recently and there are some serious questions that these farms should be made to answer.
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Sorry I didn't mean cuddle, when i said tame i meant not shy away when you were near them and come out for food maybe when they hear your voice or smell your scent. Not quickly scuttle away when they hear someone coming nearer if you know what I mean.
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