Tortoises UK

My 'For Sale' Tortoises in West Sussex UK

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I have been breeding the 3 European species (and sub species) for over 20 years here in the UK with great success, indeed there was a time in the early 90's when I had over 70 hatchlings and juveniles under the age of 5 - an absolute nightmare! - Never again, so I now sell my juveniles once they are old enough to be re-homed.  At least the sales off-set the expensive care, food and so on.

My tortoises are all Licensed under EC Regulation 3626/82 by DEFRA (with the yellow UK issued Form FED 0698) and my adult stock are also microchipped. All hatchling tortoises are sold with the official DEFRA issued UK License.

Polite Warning: Do not purchase a tortoise from a pet shop (even a large national chain), it is likely to be a 'grey import' from Central Europe where hatchlings are harvested, imported into the UK and 'given' Licenses, as if they were breed in this country. Then passed off as 'Home Bred'. 'Home Bred' indeed - but where is home and under what conditions were they breed? These tortoises will take years to acclimatise to the UK environment and are liable for a number of years to succumb to sudden death syndrome.

Every year we hatch between 20 - 60 tortoises of both sexes in our state of the art incubators. These hatchlings are raised in the very latest environmentally friendly conditions.

I am able to transport purchases to clients in the South of England or arrange a meeting place half way. For clients living outside of this area, alternative arrangements have to be made. Unfortunately due to obvious security measures I am not prepared to release my actual address particulars (I have had many bad experiences).

If you are new to the idea of tortoise keeping you may find that our tortoise resource page contains some helpful links.

If you are interested in buying a Tortoise - Please email me.

My 2010 Hatchlings are now ready for their new homes yet - £120 each or £200 for a pair.

I am also willing to barter / exchange for marginated or spur-thighed juveniles.

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