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I like it, looks like it's made of fibre glass

The Russians enjoying a group photo

I think you've done alright Bella. At your tender age you've shown maturity far more than most adults. Don't know if the tortoise you are looking for is hard to find. May I suggest you just offer her an amount slightly more than what she gave you, it might just convince her enough to not put...

Some more good news. Recently over a hundred protected turtles were seized in western China and returned back to Pakistan. I'm happy to report that they have been released back in the wild after a brief quarantine.

Looks like it is severely dehydrated, high temps with insufficient water could cause this.

Am sure most of you are aware of Bangkok being a major hub of tortoise/turtle trafficking. A pity that almost all species are under severe threat due to the pet trade http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=21_09_2014_117_004

Thank you for your kind words Will. Star tortoise are quite rare compared to the Russians. I've been trying to find them myself rest assured you guys will be the first ones to see them if and when I find them. WWF has indeed done a great job on the conservation of the giant marine green...

My two bit advice would be to continue the soaking. Also let the tortoise rest, too much trauma or stress especially trying to hold its head/neck will be far more damaging than the piece of grass

Hmmm ok that does make some sense. Most plausible theory as well. The Russian babies were quite young, green in colour and seemed to be captivity bred. He had around 100 of them. The afghan babies also were quite young just that their colour was khaki and hardly any discernible pattern or...

Could be different colouring but the same species, just that why would the seller differentiate between the two. Even the price was same around 5 USD for each

Yes I am aware of that, but this guy had Russian babies as well and colour wise these were quite different If I see them again I'll just buy them for further study

I have seen some tortoise babies with some breeders here who call them afghan tortoises. They are completely khaki in colour. Any idea guys what breed they might be, don't look like Russian tortoises cause I've seen Russian tortoise babies. I'll try to snap a picture next time I see them

Caught the Russians mating

Thank you guys. Can't tell you how much your encouragement means to me. Pakistan is a beautiful country, unfortunately terrorism, poverty and lack of education has pushed our beautiful country into a downward spiral.

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