Aldabs are not that easy, a friend of mines just come back from Mauritius where he visited a crocodile farm which keeps and breeds hundreds of them. Thier planning to release some on neighbouring islands to boost biodiversity and try to repair the dammage caused by removing them in first place.
I have it on good authority that you need at least 12 to be truly successful?

Is this being done under legal guidelines? Otherwise it could have a devastating effect on the local wildlife.

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Hello don't know that much about it, but its through a conservation group and local government. Giant tortoise species once lived on these islands and were an important part of the ecosystem. I suppose by putting a similar species back this will encourage a more natural balance.
I'm sure it will be properly managed?

Chelonia House I have sent you a pm

do they grow bigger than sulcata's?

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My Pets0.0.2 Hermanns Torts (Lucy/Loosey-Goosey and Millie/Millie Poo-Pops)

What I Want - Eventually!0.0.1 Bearded Dragon 0.0.1 Redfoot 0.0.1 Chihuahua

it goes in order of size smallest first Mountain browns, sulcata's, aldabra's/galapagas

So how big do they actually get? I'd love to get a couple when I have the space, not sure it will eva happen tho

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manouria emys emys rarely gets to 40 cm and weighs under 20 kg
manouria emys phayrei is bigger and can get to 60 cm and 37 kg. they are tropical though and that can be hard for a large tort enclosure. I have adult yellow foots and it has taken about 500 man hours to finish my shed. rain systems, drainage ect. I wish I never got them sometimes, it nearly killed me !!

I have one, captive bred from outside of the UK. He / she is around three years old now and been in my care for around two years and is doing very nicely. I had hoped to keep more than one from the shipment, and would be interested in more. They are relatively easy to cater for, but just remember they are a mountain species, and for that reason dont need, or want, the higher temperatures you would expect. Other than that, a little like keeping Red Foots / Yellow Foots - just dont seem to have the high fruit content dietery requirements. Oh, and their adult size needs careful consideration - I'm lucky I have lots of space for my chelonian collection.

Clive1973, good luck with the Yellow Foots. I am one of only a handful of keepers to breed this species in the UK - if I can help in anyway dont hesitate to get in touch.

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We used to breed yellowfoots at CWP, but despite having the same numbers of eggs as redfoots, the hatching rate was really poor; we would get maybe 1 success in 2 years. Any ideas why yellowfoots should be so much harder to breed than redfoots?