QUOTE(camillenoir @ Jun 5 2011, 09:51 PM)
erk...you'd need to ask them about it cause I got no answer bro

i'm sorry for your loss bro.
anyway, the habitats of
M. impressa are hills and montane forests, where the nights make lowlanders shiver like nuts. the last time I went up I caught a bad fever with blocked nasal passages, so I had to endure breathing through the mouth, sore throat, headaches and shaking body for 3 days while failing to spot a single tortoise in-situ LMAO. so yeah, that's the reason so many keepers (
except Sam) failed to acclimatize them, besides the fact that they stress easily, normally initially only accept specialized diet, etc etc
You referring to me ??
Early 2007 till now and counting !!
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F1 are chasing each other so F2 may be on the way (Camil dont say I " dilute" the gene by mixing/interbreed different locale or siblings )
I keep mine in 4 seperate colony according to source Laos , Vietnam and Burma (collected in-situ )
The last group Peninsular (assume WC locally even thou could be Thai or anywhere )
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- Stress is the biggest killer , try get them as " fresh" as possible from the wild .
- Diet wise can be de-specialised afterwards once they get more use to captive life !!
Enjoy
This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Jun 6 2011, 08:46 PM