23rd September
17th August
As of this morning, we have now been made aware that due to the current delays with government offices still working from home, we have hit yet another delay for applying for our own licenses. It is now looking like the early orders will be looking at late September for their deliveries, pushing everyone back about 3 weeks from their first given estimation.
As specified in your pre order email and the Pre Order Terms and Conditions blog, we understand this is a very long wait and we are happy to refund anyone who would prefer to look elsewhere. However, with the importers unable to get their tortoises to the UK, this is making all of us UK breeders very busy, as well as APHA for UK hatchling applications, and we appreciate the patience of all those who are happy to wait.
We thank you all for supporting such a small business, it can be hard to put your trust in just two people, but know that you are the reason we can continue to do the job we love.
2nd August
We understand some of you have been waiting a long time for our baby's to hatch and then for their certificates to arrive. Unfortunately, Covid-19 is affecting lots of industries, including government processing times (due to offices working from home). This means the certificate processing time is behind a couple of weeks.
Luckily, our eggs hatched a little earlier, so we are still on track for September deliveries for those who ordered early on and October deliveries for those ordering July onwards.
Please be aware these are still estimations, as no one knows where Covid will take us next, but we are confident in these estimates, so long as nothing changes. As per the pre order email, we won't email you individually until we send our own applications off, but in the meantime, here are some cute photos to show your friends and family. Your new family member is coming, they've just got a little growing to do first, while we await their paperwork .
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