Peytons torts
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I found this place with some egyptian hatchlings is this a good place?
Is this a good place to buy a tortoise
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I'd be willing to bet they're in Cameroon. I tried to see the web site and it took me to Tortoise Universe. No where on their site does it say where they are. I'm with David.
Why wouldn't you buy from a member here? If you don't see what your looking for, you can PM members who have sold in the past in the "for sale" section. Not everyone advertises. Good luck in your search.
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Do u know any members who sell Egyptians?
If you go to the Tortoise Breeding section of the forum, it will take you to a page that has Breeder's List at the top. Click on that, and it takes you to another page that says Breeder's List. That will take you to a page that includes all the forum members who breed and sell tortoises.
I did a quick look and did not see Egyptians listed anywhere, but you could still send an email to any of the larger breeders and ask if they can refer you to someone. Good luck!
I did a quick look and did not see Egyptians listed anywhere, but you could still send an email to any of the larger breeders and ask if they can refer you to someone. Good luck!
Send a Private Conversation request to @HermanniChris . He raises several different species of testudo, but I'm not sure about kleinmanni.
I would think that they would be 2x the price, if legit.
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Thanks Yvonne for the shout out. We do work with T. kleinmanni along with many other Testudos. To give an idea of what you're looking at when it comes to Testudos, here's a general list from most common and inexpensive, to rarest and most expensive:
Eastern Hermann's tortoise, Northern ibera Greek tortoise, Marginated tortoise, Dalmatian tortoise, Golden Greek tortoise, Russian tortoise, Egyptian tortoise, Libyan Greek tortoise & Western Hermann's tortoise.
Again that's starting with most common and inexpensive, to rarest and most expensive. You'll notice that Russian is towards the end in this list. That's strictly due to the fact that many keepers worldwide actually have difficulty in getting Russians to produce consistently in captivity. We all know that Russians are one of the most common and readily available species in our hobby but that is almost entirely because of farmed and WC imports. Actual CB babies are not as common as Marginated or Eastern Hermann's babies for example, and fetch a higher price typically. With new information and methods available today, keepers are having better success rates with Russians but they are still a ways off from catching up to some of the others.
Also other subspecies of Greek tortoise find their way into that list as well but usually more towards the end. Not always because of a high price, but simply because not enough people are breeding them successfully or even know what they actually have due to poor identification information out there.
Eastern Hermann's tortoise, Northern ibera Greek tortoise, Marginated tortoise, Dalmatian tortoise, Golden Greek tortoise, Russian tortoise, Egyptian tortoise, Libyan Greek tortoise & Western Hermann's tortoise.
Again that's starting with most common and inexpensive, to rarest and most expensive. You'll notice that Russian is towards the end in this list. That's strictly due to the fact that many keepers worldwide actually have difficulty in getting Russians to produce consistently in captivity. We all know that Russians are one of the most common and readily available species in our hobby but that is almost entirely because of farmed and WC imports. Actual CB babies are not as common as Marginated or Eastern Hermann's babies for example, and fetch a higher price typically. With new information and methods available today, keepers are having better success rates with Russians but they are still a ways off from catching up to some of the others.
Also other subspecies of Greek tortoise find their way into that list as well but usually more towards the end. Not always because of a high price, but simply because not enough people are breeding them successfully or even know what they actually have due to poor identification information out there.
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