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Old 22-07-2008, 02:42 PM
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Red face newbie wants a CB UK tort
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please help i would love to get a CB UK tort hopfuly a hermanns, but i have never had a tortoise before and would love some reading advice etc i fully understand the comitment side of things but am more then a littel daunted by the ammount of people/companies saying that they sell CB UK torts but will post them to me in Northern Ireland. i dont want to get a poor tortoise sent via roaly mail how wrong is that !! can anyone help with a good breader or wants to re home a tortoise in Northern irland ? i realy would love some help
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Old 22-07-2008, 04:00 PM
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***UK CB Tortoise Breeders List***

You may have to get on the ferry & pick one up - there are a number of breeders in Northern England so you go to Liverpool & go from there.
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Old 22-07-2008, 05:00 PM
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I don't know of any breeders in Northern Ireland I'm afraid. George's idea of collecting one via ferry is a good idea though. I have a very good list of breeders, if you'd like to pm me your email address then I'll send it to you.

As for reading there's a thread in the newbie section with links that I found really useful when first researching care of med torts:

MED TORTOISES... useful links

I also bought quite a few books but the only one I'd really recommend (due to the others being either outdated or having conflicting information) is Hermann's Tortoise by Holger Vetter.
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Old 22-07-2008, 06:32 PM
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Do all hermanns not have to be C/b?
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Old 22-07-2008, 09:53 PM
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Do all hermanns not have to be C/b?
They should be yes but there are still alot of WB being sold as CB.
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They should be yes but there are still alot of WB being sold as CB.
CF if anything, WC tortoises are very rare now

not one WC tortoise in the uk since the 70's according to andy highfield ( emailed him a few months ago)
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They should be yes but there are still alot of WB being sold as CB.
They are most likely farmed rather than scooped up from the wild.
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Do they class Eastern Europe as a farm now then..?
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They are most likely farmed rather than scooped up from the wild.
Err Doh I didnt mean they were actually being picked up from the wild.
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