Thursday, July 30, 2009
can you still buy tortoises as pets?
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yes you can i know of a tortise rescue centre which rehomes them there is also a site i found on the inter net which advertised tortises they were 350 pounds each
no
definately. red footed tortoises and russian tortoises are the most common. they tend to be very expensive though, 75 dollars and up!
My friend's dad has one.
yes why not. i bought turtles as a pet 1 time. but never a tortoise
Not like you used to be able to when i was a child in the 60's and you could go into pet shops and they had loads of them (as described in the book Esio Trot by Roald Dahl), but you can obviously still get certain, maybe special, varieties of tortoise because i saw one for sale in a garden centre pet shop not so very long ago. It was a fairly small variety and was 拢250.
yes from most big pet stored and some garden centres
yes. My brother-in-law is an animal freak and he has one. But keep them away from big dogs as they are growing up. The dogs tend to want to use them as chew toys!!
im not sure about tortoises but i do know they are very expensive but in pet city you can buy terrapins for 拢19.99.
Yes they do..But please do lots of research b4 you choose one. My husband is a reptile vet and it is quite sad to see all those tortoises dying due to misinformed owners..There were a few here talking about giving animal fat protien to Russian Tortoises..THis is a big no-no..Its best to ask a vet about a certain tortoise species.(care)
I am pretty sure you can buy a tortoise as a pet I think what you cannot do is import new ones into England but if you can get a second hand one it is OK as the other person says try a animal rescue centre hope that is of some use sorry I can,t really help very much
yes,most pet stalls sell them.
Yes you can from people who breed them in this country. It is illegal to import them into this country, but ones bred in this country are OK. Just make sure you know where they are coming from and are sure they are not illegal imports.
Yes, you can buy exotic tortoises from some of the bigger pet store chains. They're expensive.
You should consider getting a box turtle instead. All of the fun of a tortoise, less expensive, and don't grow as big.
yeah course u can i know some1 who's got 1. But at most reptile places where u buy em they hav to make sure u hav a full set up b4 they let u hav 1. Or u can buy the set up from them.xx
you can buy a turtle but not a terapin there protected now
yes mine cost 150 pound and it wasent enybiger than a terapin its geting biger now and its 2 years old and its crazy
yeh u can
no it is illegal now to import the humble tortoise into Britain for the pet trade. i tried to buy one yesterday from three different pet shops in Glasgow and each one told me the same story it is now illegal.
yes you can but they are very expensive because of the new laws regarding tortoises
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