Pet Tortoise Western Australia

We have several species of both captive bred and imported live tortoises for sale.
Pet tortoise western australia. Turtles are reptiles that do have scales and are cold blooded most turtles spend much of their time in the water tend to have webbed feet and are omnivores. Reptiles have very different requirements to those of most traditional pets so you will need to consider a range of issues before jumping in. You will find that australian tortoises are called turtles. Pet tortoises are popular pets for many people since they are quiet cute especially as hatchlings and don t shed any fur.
Dick danies wikimedia reptiles generally skinks turtles and dragons are less popular pets. I came to the conclusion that this slight change in labels is due to the fact there are no native clubbed foot type tortoises there. The rose ringed parakeet is a common pet in australia and presents a potential biosecurity risk. They have amazing little personalities and have attractive patterns too.
The hermann s tortoise is one of the most popular tortoise species on the reptile pet trade. The australian reptile park encourages responsible pet ownership so please read the following first. These are the oblong turtle and flat shelled turtle. In some respects this is perhaps a better term.
These herbivores are the longest living animals on the planet. They consider their semi aquatic turtles to be tortoises like our box turtle for example. From what i gathered there are no native tortoises like what we think of tortoises in australia. However australia has no native land tortoises.
There are two beautiful turtle species that can be kept as pets in wa if you have obtained a suitable reptile keeper s licence. These tortoises will live about fifty years the oldest hermann s tortoise being a hundred and ten years old. If you take one as a pet be prepared to provide a lifetime of care and consider that your pet might even outlive you if you choose to keep one as a pet. In fact captain cook once gave a geochelone radiata to the royal family of tonga in 1777 where it remained until it passed in 1965 at an age of 188.