That's right!! Turtle
farming!! ( or is it turtle ranching??)
I ran into an old friend
today when I was downstairs grabbing a coke and some Nabs @ the snack bar. She was visiting a
friend in the main hospital who had just had a baby.
She and her husband have
always planted soybeans and cotton, had some pond raised catfish they
sold......they followed in the footsteps of their parents. Got to go live in
the "big house," and everything else that goes with "plantation
farming."
I asked how the weather had
affected their "crops" this year. That's when I found out about "turtle
farming." She told me they raise(?) turtles, sell them and off to China they
go~ As PETS! ~ "it's the only pet they are allowed to have in China, and every
kid wants one." ( I need to verify that as I have no idea if that is the gospel
truth or not)
She went on to tell me
there was a good bit of $$ to be made in "turtle farming" and that several
others in their area were also raising and selling the little fellows. I know it
is illegal to sale small turtles here in the states, or at least I THOUGHT it
was illegal.
Their biggest problem?
Raccoons. She said they have put up electric fences to try and keep Rocky & his friends
out, but they managed to get in and eat the turtle eggs before they can put them
in an incubator. ( An incubator for turtle eggs???)
Obviously they are doing
very well at this ... the diamond on ONE ear was bigger than any ring I ever
OWNED.
Who would have thought
it?
20 comments on Making Big $$ ... Selling Turtles?
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nutcasenumbernine
said 2 years ago
crazy! now I'm curious about pets in china . . . . [SMILE][SMILE]
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MentalHealthRN
said 2 years ago
me too... I'm gonna google it.[LOL][HEART]
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queenteamum
said 2 years ago
Well now that's interesting! Is that last little turtle fella there playing a game boy?! [WINK][LOL][LOL]
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MentalHealthRN
said 2 years ago
I don't know.. makes me wonder if they can have game boys in China?[HUH][BLUSH][HEART]
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giggledogs
said 2 years ago
how cute is that... now i want a turtle too...
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nittineedles
said 2 years ago
Aren't turtles related to slugs? What's a turtle phobia called?[WINK]
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MentalHealthRN
said 2 years ago
JonDude has a list of phobia on his blog. Maybe it's there.
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november
said 2 years ago
amphibiaphobia. [OHMY] kidding. [TONGUE]
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bluegrasslady
said 2 years ago
[OHMY][OHMY][OHMY][LOL][HEART][HEART][ROLLEYES]
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elkhound
said 2 years ago
how interesting! turtles! i wouldn't mind a pet turtle. i wonder if sheba would eat it. oh, we had a cow in our back yard this morning. I wanted to keep him to eat the grass but hubby said no. [SAD]
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november
said 2 years ago
Cindy, about 8 yrs ago, I worked for a chemical engineer who had a side business as a vet for unusual and exotic pets, i.e., reptiles. He brought in a 2-headed tortoise and snake with a tumor in its eye... both of which repulsed me.[HUH] But he told me there was HUGE money in it b/c people love exotic pets. Only concern was: what to do when they were adult and oversized? He did say baby turles were illegal and that you could easily get salmonella from them - main reason. When Justin was 4 y/o, he and his best friend Jessica, received baby turtles (before they were illegal), but we ended up letting them loose at the Huntington Gardens b/c they had outgrown their aquarium. Like goldfish, the bigger the tank, the bigger they grow.
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docrock
said 2 years ago
How do you market turtles. Who buys? How ship?
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MentalHealthRN
said 2 years ago
I don't know doc....but she ships them in a massive amount. I will try and find out and let you know.[HEART]
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docrock
said 2 years ago
I might go into the business.
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mommy72900
said 2 years ago
Wow..pretty cool!![THUMBUP]
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jondude
said 2 years ago
Aren't turtles a lot like frogs and salamanders, Cindy? [THUMBUP]
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november
said 2 years ago
I'll answer for Cindy b/c she's busy tending to all her beloved Blogbuds, horses, cats, Stano, and others in her menagerie. If it lives on both land and in water, it's amphibious. The shell puts it in another category than the frog or salamander. I also don't think it's related to slugs. Someone else know?[WINK]
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JOEZsREPUBLICANPAGE
said 2 years ago
[OHMY][SMILE] Hummmm Pets in China????? I bet I know what they do with them as soon as they get big enough to make Turtle SOUP[ROLLEYES]
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november
said 2 years ago
ewwwww.[OHMY]
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retiredthoughts
said 2 years ago
I just want to raise puppies (or rather I want the wife to raise puppies) so I can play with them. Had a tortise once for about 12 years, but she wasn't much of a playtime companion, and slept all winter in the hall closet. I'll take a golden retriever pup anytime.
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