Does he have a for sale post here? Is he using a different name?Apparently, he's selling them here on the forum.
Does he have a for sale post here? Is he using a different name?Apparently, he's selling them here on the forum.
Those that have sold them and didn't know it, but then stopped when they found out, are also the innocent that got bit and luckily stopped.the issue is most of them did not know till it came back to bite them when they resold sick animals. many have for now stopped selling sulcata altogether. and its already all over the usa and prob now mixed into other breeding groups sadly. this was VERY spread last year it was everywhere
If this is highly infectious to other reptiles as you have said it is especially scary. Irresponsible sellers could be endangering unrelated wild animals in addition to peoples pets. I wonder if this has popped up on USDA, USGS or USFWS radar yet. Seems like like it would fit the bill for a reportable disease.10 new cases ive seen in the past 45 days or so now from different places in the usa. this being one of those.
Is there no way to stop this seller? Some agency that could do something?
His name needs to be plastered every place anyone would look for tortoises.
Where is he located? The only one I found was a dentist in AZ.
Those that have sold them and didn't know it, but then stopped when they found out, are also the innocent that got bit and luckily stopped.
The ones that know and wont stop need to be stopped!
many sold them anyway others euthanized themBut when they found out they had bought from this guy and could not resell as their own…. What happened to all of those tortoises!? ??
Did they just kill them?
They would not have kept them as they would have had too many Sulcata to raise.
So were innocent baby Sulcata killed?
Now I won’t sleep tonight!! ?????
Most likely some did. I don't know if the disease is deadly or if they can survive and live a long happy life. I'm sure if its deadly, euthanasia is the most humane thing to do as sad as it is, it's better then making them suffer.But when they found out they had bought from this guy and could not resell as their own…. What happened to all of those tortoises!? ??
Did they just kill them?
They would not have kept them as they would have had too many Sulcata to raise.
So were innocent baby Sulcata killed?
Now I won’t sleep tonight!! ?????
Is death inevitable with this disease?many sold them anyway others euthanized them
i cant say 1000% but usually yes. there is yet to be anything very effective to treat it. it would require a major inj combo and even thats is just a possibility. in the ones we tested every one even when we were able to supress it for a bit it came back. on average with the anti biotics we ended up having to euthanize at around 12-14 months. none grew hardly at all. 14 months still 67 grams. toe nails started falling out again, skin showed signs etc etc etc we dont currently know of any really long time survivors this includes other species not just sulcataIs death inevitable with this disease?
Is death inevitable with this disease?
i cant say 1000% but usually yes. there is yet to be anything very effective to treat it. it would require a major inj combo and even thats is just a possibility. in the ones we tested every one even when we were able to supress it for a bit it came back. on average with the anti biotics we ended up having to euthanize at around 12-14 months. none grew hardly at all. 14 months still 67 grams. toe nails started falling out again, skin showed signs etc etc etc we dont currently know of any really long time survivors this includes other species not just sulcata
Omg!!!
Was he/she still ALIVE!?????