BRF.. [ before redfoots ].. believe it or not I had Leopard tortoises!
I've always enjoyed traveling and had met a couple from Tampa who were on vacation here so I went down to see them! I asked around.. met an importer/breeder and acquired THREE 4" leopards from him - that was in early '98. They grew up to be 1.2! Almost exactly 6 years later the largest female was over 13" SCL and quite blond -
She was HEAVY - [ notice the 'tape ] -
The 2nd female always had a runny nose because of the humidity here so it became obvious it was time to work with a different species.
I looked thru a few ads and found a breeder of Leos in N. Taxas and emailed him and asked him if he knew anyone who would like a 'nice' trio of Leos. He 'mailed back and asked for pics [ this was b4 I had a digital camera ].. so I scanned what I had and sent them to him and he wrote back and said.. "That would be me!".
We made a deal which included some of his hatchlings and a little $$$.
We drove half-way and met them in E. Arkansas. I'll always remember the day I handed that big girl over to him.. ( a sad day! )
The resources from that deal enabled me to pay for my first digital camera and the 3 hatchling redfoots that have become my Colombian breeders ( same importer/breeder ).. along with a trio of young LTC adults - one of which was SONshine -
These are the hatchling Leos from Texas -
Over the next 6-7 months I sold them all.. and saved 3 for last - which I'll post later in this thread. I think you'll like them.
NERD
I've always enjoyed traveling and had met a couple from Tampa who were on vacation here so I went down to see them! I asked around.. met an importer/breeder and acquired THREE 4" leopards from him - that was in early '98. They grew up to be 1.2! Almost exactly 6 years later the largest female was over 13" SCL and quite blond -
She was HEAVY - [ notice the 'tape ] -
The 2nd female always had a runny nose because of the humidity here so it became obvious it was time to work with a different species.
I looked thru a few ads and found a breeder of Leos in N. Taxas and emailed him and asked him if he knew anyone who would like a 'nice' trio of Leos. He 'mailed back and asked for pics [ this was b4 I had a digital camera ].. so I scanned what I had and sent them to him and he wrote back and said.. "That would be me!".
We made a deal which included some of his hatchlings and a little $$$.
We drove half-way and met them in E. Arkansas. I'll always remember the day I handed that big girl over to him.. ( a sad day! )
The resources from that deal enabled me to pay for my first digital camera and the 3 hatchling redfoots that have become my Colombian breeders ( same importer/breeder ).. along with a trio of young LTC adults - one of which was SONshine -
These are the hatchling Leos from Texas -
Over the next 6-7 months I sold them all.. and saved 3 for last - which I'll post later in this thread. I think you'll like them.
NERD