Anyone else got a tortoise??

[wendy]

Typical of anything produced by the Government, no one can understand it .
If the tortoises are young Mo they should not be allowed to hibernate, same with small hedgehogs. You have to keep them in and in the warm.
Wendy

[chickenpops]

The clearest information i can find is here:

http://www.tortoisecentre.co.uk/tortoise%20law.htm

My tortoise is a yellow footed tortoise, which comes under the same categopry as red-footed. These are in annex B and therefore don't need certificates. Again, I hope!!

Cool...am glad your tortoise doesnt need one..phew

Thanks for that info hun

[Babycakes]

I found it really hard to get a straight answer. I dont see why DEFRA or whoever can't just have a page saying, in plain english, this is what you need for these tortoises, and you dont need anything for these. Or whatever.

[untouchable]

I had Herman's tortoise a couple of years ago and as long as the place that sells them has a licence stating they have been captive bred, that's all they need. Its also recommended not to let them hibernate until they are about 5 years old when they will have sufficient weight to see them through the winter. When I was much younger, we inherited two tortoises from an elderly lady who was going blind, and we had them for about 5 years, then lost both one winter during hibernation for some reason, it was really sad.

Ive had various snakes, two tarantulas, a scorpion, two leopard gecko's an I think that's it lol

I would love to have a chameleon though, they are fab to watch!