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Originally Posted by Pan
I'm sorry but I would not get seahorses from J&L shipped. In fact I would not get any horses shipped to you unless the company itself specializes in captive bred and they can back it up. Horses don't ship that well in the first place. You want to SEE them eating, unless you trust where you are buying the from implicitly. I would not get any livestock personally from big als, especially not horses the reliability and trust in the chain with regards to delicate shippers is poor. Ocean city can get them certified wild caught, and they did mention the other day they would show you appropriate paperwork, but again its a trust issue. Are they told the truth at their end?
Your best bet in alberta now is to find someone who deals with ora farms, directly or indirectly. They can and will provide proof of captive bred. I prefer Red coral to any store in Calgary personally, everyone there is great etc. I don't know if Kevin can get them in so I can't speak for him. Might be worth a try. I bought al my horses certified, but I checked with friends and the only supplier they are left with that they trust is in the states (besides Ora) and they have someone bring them up across the border themselves. Trust me when it comes to horses they are as good and careful as you can get.
Key Equine: Sorry i looked into it and could not find anyone with any reliability anymore. But again, i've never talked to Kev at RC about horses.
My sources are looking into one more place, I will let you know.
You could always take your chances when you see some local, but make sure they are eating. But...you never know.  |
I agree with you on the shipping part it's risky....
I wasn't planning on getting seahorses from BA's aswell however my freind works there and every few days I popped in I got him to feed them. I also took the fattest active looking one.
There was a guy selling his own captive bred seahorses on here last year that goes by the name seahorse canada maybe try to look him up on the members list.
I actually found his last post unfortunately he's in vancouver.....
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=42926