I used to care for a few of them back at the museum I worked for. They are fantastic little turtles and are so much better suited for captivity than sulcatas and leopard torts. I think if they let a few into the market they would take off. I know that they are actually pretty easy to breed and we ended up having to freeze eggs on 3 occasions because we were only permitted for so many and were not allowed to hatch them out.
Awesome torts though. Congrats on being able to keep them. I know a few other people that keep gophers but you are the first I know to keep Bolsens privately.
