Tortoise Care (Tortoise)

Member Name: Dawn

Product:	Tortoise
Date:	18/09/07 (393 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Proper care

Disadvantages: Poor advice

Unfortunatly alot of your advice is flawed, They should not be eating shop bought greens! lettuce is not poisonous to them..it just has no nutritional value.
A tank is for goldfish not for a tortoise.Tortoise require indoor and outdoor enclosures ....open topped tortoise tables are best.
Certain tortoises require documentation through defra usually called a cert 10....others do not.
Unfortunatly pet shops do now sell them but they are all imports from other countries. For a healthy tortoise a breeder is always best....Hermanns are the best for begginers......always check the cert 10 before purchasing to find country of origin....if it says SLOVENIA stay well clear!!
These torts are usually infested with worms and other parasites...and 70% die within the first 5 years!!
Never have a tortoise Transported to you through the internet , they use over night parcel services ...and this is illegal!!!
Make sure you get correct information before buying a tortoise there is a lot of dodgy information out there!!
For help with your tortoise pleqase Join this tortoise group called TORTOISE-HEALTH on yahoo...friendly members all happy to help give the best care and advice...best of all its free!!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TORTOISE-HEALTH/
Please join it could be ther difference between your tortoise surviving and thriving!!!!

Summary: For better health advice please read this review ..get correct advice from me..!