A hero! I have a question . . .

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Posted by Lisa and Virgil on May 19, 2001 at 23:05:41:

In Reply to: Russian rescue by African Tortoise man posted by Giovanni on May 19, 2001 at 19:57:59:

: Was in a petshop today north of Jacksonville Florida to get some mini crickets. In the back I saw a small 5 gallon tank with 2 very restless, very old looking russian tortoises. When I asked the lady about the russians, she told me that they were Asian Box Turtles.

: I'm not familiar with Testudo horsfieldii in the "hands on" sense, but I realized that they were in for trouble. I had her take them out and we inspected them, they seemed to be in excellent health, active, good body weight, even the scat had a firm consistancy.

: I gave her the $ 44.00 for the pair.

: Please visit the pictures I have taken about an hour ago and if you are an experienced keeper of the russian tortoise, shoot me an email about your opinions on what you see.

: Ciao'

: Giovanni

The first headshot photo I looked at -- it looks like there are holes in the side of its head. I looked at the other one and didn't see anything. What am I looking at? They are very cute.

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: : Was in a petshop today north of Jacksonville Florida to get some mini crickets. In the back I saw a small 5 gallon tank with 2 very restless, very old looking russian tortoises. When I asked the lady about the russians, she told me that they were Asian Box Turtles. : : I'm not familiar with Testudo horsfieldii in the "hands on" sense, but I realized that they were in for trouble. I had her take them out and we inspected them, they seemed to be in excellent health, active, good body weight, even the scat had a firm consistancy. : : I gave her the $ 44.00 for the pair. : : Please visit the pictures I have taken about an hour ago and if you are an experienced keeper of the russian tortoise, shoot me an email about your opinions on what you see. : : Ciao' : : Giovanni : The first headshot photo I looked at -- it looks like there are holes in the side of its head. I looked at the other one and didn't see anything. What am I looking at? They are very cute.

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