Hygiene

FAQ "...I am a big turtle fan and have been keeping the following species for years: Geochelone carbonaria, Geochelone sulcata, Geochelone elegans, Geochelone paradalis, Indotestud elongata, Chersina angulata, Testudo hermanni boettgeri and Testudo marginata.... I would really like to get some radiated tortoises. Do you have any for sale?"

The enumeration of kept tortoise species is for us primarily no proof of a species-appropriate husbandry situation. On the contrary, often behind a large menagerie of turtles always narrow space conditions, unhygienic enclosures and interspecies associations can be suspected. A turtle husbandry is impressive, if not so much the quantity of the kept animals, but rather the quality of the husbandry situation for the turtles.

2022-07-04T15:06:01+02:0026.02.2022|, |

FAQ "...I bought two baby radiated tortoises a few weeks ago. At first they walked curiously around the terrarium and were good at eating. Now they just lie in a corner and hardly move at all. I always have to put them directly in front of the food to eat. What could be the reason for this?"

Radiated tortoises that sit inactive and inappetent in a corner for a longer period of time show unmistakably that they are in a suboptimal housing situation and/or do not feel well. Check honestly and self-critically the offered housing conditions. Read and study the recommendations described on this website (especially regarding light, temperature, humidity, etc.),

2022-04-11T08:58:53+02:0009.02.2022|, |

FAQ "...I would like to buy a group of radiated tortoises. Can I keep them in the garden with my European tortoises in summer?"

Attention: Although Astrochelys radiata shows good social compatibility in most cases, we strongly advise against socialization with non-species-specific turtles! Astrochelys radiata has a particular hypersensitivity to certain microorganisms foreign to the species. If these are taken up in excess, it can come to the displacement or to the death of the intestinal flora. The immune system is thereby considerably and

2022-04-11T09:01:49+02:0009.02.2022|, |
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