Nice!!!!!My first radiated torts are hatching. So far i have 5 working their way out of eggs. 6 more to go if I’m lucky. Thanks for everyone’s help and guidance over the past year. Very exciting so thought I’d share first pic!
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Beautiful tortoises, Blake! Congratulations on the good work. Nice smooth growth on the older ones also.Another from the original batch in this thread
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Thanks, Bill! I got my adults in 2012 from a guy named George in Dallas. I happened to find a post on Craigslist with adults for sale, which I didn’t believe at first, but turned out to be true. This was the only set of adults I ever saw for sale (even to this date) in Texas. If you hear of more, I’d love to get a heads up!Beautiful tortoises, Blake! Congratulations on the good work. Nice smooth growth on the older ones also.
If I knew this, I have forgotten. Where did you get your adult breeding animals? Was it from Tom Motlow in Dallas?
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Wow! I don't think I have ever before heard of Radiated Tortoises being advertised on Craigslist. Did the seller know how valuable adults were? I am thinking not if he sold them on Craigslist.Thanks, Bill! I got my adults in 2012 from a guy named George in Dallas. I happened to find a post on Craigslist with adults for sale, which I didn’t believe at first, but turned out to be true. This was the only set of adults I ever saw for sale (even to this date) in Texas. If you hear of more, I’d love to get a heads up!
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Wow! I don't think I have ever before heard of Radiated Tortoises being advertised on Craigslist. Did the seller know how valuable adults were? I am thinking not if he sold them on Craigslist.
Anyway, I'll let you know if I hear of any other adults in TX. Every so often, that fellow I mentioned sells some larger ones. He just got through selling a number of adults this past winter, so probably has no more to sell right now.
You're sure they weren't stolen?Well I paid $10k for the pair so he must have known they had some value lol I thought I was pretty crazy to pay that at the time but figured I’d likely never see adults for sale again - glad I pulled the trigger but was a little nerve racking at that price. I’d have no idea what a pair actually go for. He said he had them for year but was more into exotic birds so wanted to trade them in to focus on that.
Positive. He’d shown me many pics over the years he’d had them with his kids as well as all of his bird collection.You're sure they weren't stolen?
There are two breeders in the Dallas area who sell lots of baby Radiateds. They have both been selling babies for at least 20 years. The seller probably got them from one of those two breeders as hatchlings and just grew them up.Positive. He’d shown me many pics over the years he’d had them with his kids as well as all of his bird collection.
Beautiful! Wish there was a breeder in VA.Another from the original batch in this thread
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