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[jojo]

Ok then Veronica!! I have a problem. My daughter owns a tortoise - a mediteranean tortoise, he?shes's three years old! We couldnt bring it with us, cos the vet couldnt micro chip it and it didnt have any paperwork - an illegal I suspect. Anyway, he's never been able to open his eyes, the vet didnt know why as the muscles were all present and correct, she gave us drops which didnt help.... anyway, as we're in the UK, my daughter went to visit him at her friends and he still hasnt opened his eyes. My daughter wants him in Spain, but without paperwork or a micro chip how do we do that?? Is it worth the cost??


Sorry I'm rambling, but daughter is standing over me telling me what to write!!!!

Jo xxx

[XTreme]

Originally Posted by Veronica

By the way I take it you are sure he is a he?

Previous owner had him for ten years (he got him with the shell in that condition) and he says he's definitely a boy Veronica!

[XTreme]

Originally Posted by jojo

My daughter wants him in Spain, but without paperwork or a micro chip how do we do that?? Is it worth the cost??

I have a mate (Terry and Tammy's previous owner) and he's visiting the south coast in a van in the next few weeks Jo.

[jojo]

Originally Posted by XTreme

I have a mate (Terry and Tammy's previous owner) and he's visiting the south coast in a van in the next few weeks Jo.

Tell me what and how!! He's only about 3 inches diameter!

Jo xxx

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by jojo

Ok then Veronica!! I have a problem. My daughter owns a tortoise - a mediteranean tortoise, he?shes's three years old! We couldnt bring it with us, cos the vet couldnt micro chip it and it didnt have any paperwork - an illegal I suspect. Anyway, he's never been able to open his eyes, the vet didnt know why as the muscles were all present and correct, she gave us drops which didnt help.... anyway, as we're in the UK, my daughter went to visit him at her friends and he still hasnt opened his eyes. My daughter wants him in Spain, but without paperwork or a micro chip how do we do that?? Is it worth the cost??


Sorry I'm rambling, but daughter is standing over me telling me what to write!!!!

Jo xxx

Jo have you taken him to a specialist exotic vet? Or maybe you could ring one for advice.
We used Matt Brash who is the one who looks after the animals at Flamingoland (The one who is in telly in Zoo vet)
Maybe you could ring him for advice on the torties eyes.
As for paperwork, you can get him legalised by writing to DEFRA who will send you forms to fill in. You will have to say how you came to own him and even if he has no papers DEFRA might give you papers for him which make it legal for you to own him but if he is used for breeding his offspring are not allowed to be sold.
As for microchipping they have to be certain size before it can be done.
As for whether it is all worth the cost that depends on how you feel about him I suppose.

Veronica

[jojo]

Originally Posted by Veronica

Jo have you taken him to a specialist exotic vet? Or maybe you could ring one for advice.
We used Matt Brash who is the one who looks after the animals at Flamingoland (The one who is in telly in Zoo vet)
Maybe you could ring him for advice on the torties eyes.
As for paperwork, you can get him legalised by writing to DEFRA who will send you forms to fill in. You will have to say how you came to own him and even if he has no papers DEFRA might give you papers for him which make it legal for you to own him but if he is used for breeding his offspring are not allowed to be sold.
As for microchipping they have to be certain size before it can be done.
As for whether it is all worth the cost that depends on how you feel about him I suppose.

Veronica

Well I want his eyes sorted cos he cant be happy like that, altho what he doesnt know....??? It was a vet who specialises in reptiles and she couldnt work out what was going on, we could have taken it further, but he was the size of half a golf ball when we were doing all this and somehow it didnt seem worth it??? We thought he'd grow out of it and his eyes would just open one day??

The paperwork stuff is gonna be too costly and I think if memory serves we came up with this when we first moved to Spain and in the end we gave him to a friend, £100s were being talked about AAAAGGGHH!!!!. Of course now Rubys seen him again, she wants him to come back to Spain with us!!??

jo

[Tallulah]

Well thank you XT for the latest photos - they look happy, healthy and settled in their new homes. And how adorable did they look, in a bucket being scrubbed by a toothbrush?!?! Aw sweet - reminded me of my old nan's tortoise back in Croydon - Fred his name was. Lovely little fellow. Very sad that day when he escaped via a hole in the hedge. I think they're underestimated as pets - they're full of character. I don't know why, but a tortoise just makes you smile, doesn't it?!?

Tally.xx