ZenHerper
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Totally agree.... even buying them here you have to be very careful.
Totally agree.... even buying them here you have to be very careful.
You should have done a vendor review on them if you didn't. I don't think members should be given special privilege. They want to sell tortoises and not be honest about the way they do things, then they should be exposed the same as any other vendor.i went through someone here early 2020. thats what started all the time and effort to figure this out. this person sent them to me as ones they bred but in fact got them from another breeder which i did not find out till months later and back and forth. so even buying them here you have to be very careful.
I have so many questions reading your statements here.The truly horrifying part about this discovery in my greek Tortoise Is that there were hundreds imported with it and this is one of the nicest ones that I kept for myself meaning that potentially every Greek tortoise in the US could have been exposed
Geez, Mastershake. Please get some rest. I had no idea you'd been victimized, too.the admins know about it. but ill be honest this was lance. im not going to sugar coat anything anymore kind of tired of that at this point. im hoping he no longer deals with the person and he has taken measures to prevent it this was over a
Sorry to hear you lost your tort. There is no good way to lose a tort. And yes, aw makes me sad & angry because sellers are victimizing tort enthusiasts, many of whom are first time owners.I have so many questions reading your statements here.
Who had them imported? What varieties of greek tortoises? Is it multiple locales? Did you import them or buy them direct from the importer? Your statement suggests that you distributed some of these to other people - if so, did you contact those people and let them know what's up?
At first glance, this appears to be a different source than the sulcata breeder / wholesaler that mastershake is referring to. But maybe it's the same person. IF this turns out to be the same disease, you have the chance to potentially save some tortoises by making sure people in the chain of custody know what's going on.
Some moral burden falls on everyone in this situation to spread the word and try and mitigate the damage. I personally was in a panic many weeks back when I had a redfoot fall ill. One of the first people I contacted was mastershake - just on the off chance that it could have been this disease. Turns out it wasn't, it was a ruptured egg that turned out unfortunately to be fatal. But the paranoia still runs high...
Yes my buddy and I imported some of these and I believe you are talking to him currently via p.m.correct supposedly these were imported from jordan i think?? i am in pm with someone else about the same animal so im not sure what the situation there is
I am currently writing up a case report on this Tortoise and we have decided to try some homeopathic remedies with some of our infected specimens in hopes to find something that can improve this condition without putting to much stress on the animal I am unaware of any medical treatments that are showing promise and improving this fungal infection Going to start a forum page on this sometime tomorrowI have so many questions reading your statements here.
Who had them imported? What varieties of greek tortoises? Is it multiple locales? Did you import them or buy them direct from the importer? Your statement suggests that you distributed some of these to other people - if so, did you contact those people and let them know what's up?
At first glance, this appears to be a different source than the sulcata breeder / wholesaler that mastershake is referring to. But maybe it's the same person. IF this turns out to be the same disease, you have the chance to potentially save some tortoises by making sure people in the chain of custody know what's going on.
Some moral burden falls on everyone in this situation to spread the word and try and mitigate the damage. I personally was in a panic many weeks back when I had a redfoot fall ill. One of the first people I contacted was mastershake - just on the off chance that it could have been this disease. Turns out it wasn't, it was a ruptured egg that turned out unfortunately to be fatal. But the paranoia still runs high...