Re: Which Torts are hard/easy to breed.

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Posted by Terry on August 12, 2001 at 01:03:01:

In Reply to: Which Torts are hard/easy to breed. posted by Toby on August 11, 2001 at 23:50:33:

Under the right conditions sulcata are very prolific. BUT they can lay up to 40 eggs a clutch and double clutch. So you could end up with as many as 80 hatchlings a year, from one breeding pair. That's a rather high estimate, but definately possible.

What are you going to do with all the hatchlings?
There are already way to many unwanted sulcatas out there. Why add to that ever increasing number?
I refuse to breed my sulcatas for that very reason, there are enough people doing it already. And far too many unwanted sulcata.

If I was to breed (and I hope to have success with my Russians in the next few years)I wouldn't want to end up with more hatchlings than I could find good homes for.

There are many things to consider, do you want to breed to make money, for pure profit?
Or more as a hobby, keeping some of the hatchlings and finding good homes for the others?

I would go with a species that needs help,or a species such as Russian torts where captive bred hatchlings are not too common yet.But on the rise at last thank goodness, hopefully it will take the strain off wild caught imports.
Russians are not too difficult to breed, if healthy and once they reach breeding size. They also don't produce huge clutches and captive bred Russians are much in demand these days.
As more people become aware of the wc versus cb issue.

My advise would be to go with a species that doesn't grow to a huge adult size, or produce large clutches.

Hermanns, Russians, redfoot, elongated and so forth.
Or an endangered species, or one where cb are not yet common.

Hope this helps.
Terry.

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Re: Which Torts are hard/easy to breed. Toby 08/12/01 (3)
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    - You might make enough to support the one's you got. N/P Justin 08/12/01 (0)

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: : Under the right conditions sulcata are very prolific. BUT they can lay up to 40 eggs a clutch and double clutch. So you could end up with as many as 80 hatchlings a year, from one breeding pair. That's a rather high estimate, but definately possible. : What are you going to do with all the hatchlings? : There are already way to many unwanted sulcatas out there. Why add to that ever increasing number? : I refuse to breed my sulcatas for that very reason, there are enough people doing it already. And far too many unwanted sulcata. : If I was to breed (and I hope to have success with my Russians in the next few years)I wouldn't want to end up with more hatchlings than I could find good homes for. : There are many things to consider, do you want to breed to make money, for pure profit? : Or more as a hobby, keeping some of the hatchlings and finding good homes for the others? : : I would go with a species that needs help,or a species such as Russian torts where captive bred hatchlings are not too common yet.But on the rise at last thank goodness, hopefully it will take the strain off wild caught imports. : Russians are not too difficult to breed, if healthy and once they reach breeding size. They also don't produce huge clutches and captive bred Russians are much in demand these days. : As more people become aware of the wc versus cb issue. : My advise would be to go with a species that doesn't grow to a huge adult size, or produce large clutches. : Hermanns, Russians, redfoot, elongated and so forth. : Or an endangered species, or one where cb are not yet common. : Hope this helps. : Terry. :

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