re: spiders belong to a friend...

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Posted by ben on September 23, 2000 at 14:23:39:

In Reply to: All are not mine... Pyxis (all ssp) are bred by a friend and are... posted by Denis Mosimann (Switzerland) on September 23, 2000 at 14:05:22:

: Impossible to get here in Europe, but it's not the case in USA (like for all other turtles and tortoises that are rare and considered like pets!!!)...

: Regards

: Denis Mosimann, biologist

thanks for the quick re! i did want to clarify one thing that i consider very important. i'm not one to look at these guys as pets--i'm very "biologically" oriented towards the species i keep. wood turtles might be considered pets. small torts from madagascar that lay one or two eggs and cost hundreds are not (and are not normally viewed that way, even in the states). if you want an idea of how i look at the "hobby" check out my speech under the Name Game posting on the monitor forum. it is nice to hear from another person who seems to have a genuine (by that i mean uncommon) ecologically-based interest in these guys. very sorry to hear you can't enjoy them over in europe--why is that? is there any chance of you relaying my email addy to your friend so i could hear from him? i've liked (understatement) these guys for so long and finally have the opportunity to destroy my wallet for some, but i don't want to jump into the water w/o my gear (you know, the being responsible--finding info first deal). thanks again for the attention, and keep that interest in REAL (wild) turtles!

ben.

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Re: re: spiders belong to a friend... Denis Mosimann (Switzerland) 09/24/00 (1)
- Re: re: spiders belong to a friend... Andrew Mckenzie 10/16/00 (0)
At Hamm Terraristika-exp�... (more info on Pyxis) Steno 09/23/00 (2)
- Yes, it's possible (CB), but no import from Madagascar like in USA!!! Denis Mosimann (Switzerland) 09/24/00 (1)
  - Sure....they were all CB!!!...NP Steno 09/24/00 (0)

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: : Impossible to get here in Europe, but it's not the case in USA (like for all other turtles and tortoises that are rare and considered like pets!!!)... : : Regards : : Denis Mosimann, biologist : thanks for the quick re! i did want to clarify one thing that i consider very important. i'm not one to look at these guys as pets--i'm very "biologically" oriented towards the species i keep. wood turtles might be considered pets. small torts from madagascar that lay one or two eggs and cost hundreds are not (and are not normally viewed that way, even in the states). if you want an idea of how i look at the "hobby" check out my speech under the Name Game posting on the monitor forum. it is nice to hear from another person who seems to have a genuine (by that i mean uncommon) ecologically-based interest in these guys. very sorry to hear you can't enjoy them over in europe--why is that? is there any chance of you relaying my email addy to your friend so i could hear from him? i've liked (understatement) these guys for so long and finally have the opportunity to destroy my wallet for some, but i don't want to jump into the water w/o my gear (you know, the being responsible--finding info first deal). thanks again for the attention, and keep that interest in REAL (wild) turtles! : ben.

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