Holy cow - $12,075 for sulcatas

[Yvonne G]

http://www.pet-classifieds.com/pet13491558.htm

These people live in Riverside, California, where sulcatas are quite common. Why on earth would they think they could get that much money for small sulcatas?

 

[T33's Torts]

4" & 5" kept on pellets.. Classic!
Still doesn't beat the 13k "Starburst" Leopard.

 

[jaizei]

My first thought would be that they meant for it to be 120 for the older ones and 75 for the smaller.

 

[Tom]

Obviously a typo.

I sure hope they find a better home than where they are now.

 

[Yvonne G]

Today was the first time I've seen that site. Almost every turtle and tortoise advertised there was over priced.

 

[dmmj]

woohoo I am rich.

 

[Maggie Cummings]

At that price I'd say she's gonna end up taking them when she moves, or dropping them at a rescue...

 

[wellington]

I too think it's a typo. Poor things, living on pellets. I never understood how anyone would think any animal should live on pellets. I have raised many animals, including rabbits and would never think to raise them on pellets. Is there a place in this world that pellets is growing wild on the ground. Okay, I'm over it now. Someone should send them an email and get the price corrected, so the poor things can find a better proper home.

 

[Irwin4530]

Seriously.......good news , we are all RICH!

 

[Floof]

I sent an email alerting them to the price discrepancy/typo, and offering my assistance in finding a good rescue if they run out of time to find homes.

That is rather silly. $12,000 for a few $40 Sulcatas? Mmhm, riight. Good luck with that...

Edit: That is, if this stupid site will let me send the email. Grumble. What do you mean my message is to long? Darn you!

 

[Floof]

Ha! I win. Had to hack it down to barely anything, but it sent. Phew. Hmm. Perusing the rest of the tortoise classifieds, and finding stuff like these, ahem, "Roman Turtles." Hoo boy. They only need to eat tomatoes and romaine. How easy! (not) http://www.pet-classifieds.com/pet13501305.htm

 

[Yvonne G]

I wondered how so many like-minded people all found that particular classified site. Many, many tortoises advertised at high prices. AND, if you noticed, Taylor, that Roman tortoise was called a "Roman" tortoise because he eats ROMAN lettuce (not romaine!).

 

[Floof]

I had never even heard of that site. Oh geeze, I just spent the last 20 minutes perusing the ads to see how bad it is. The tortoise ads are the worst, by far. The lizard ads weren't too atrocious and the snake ads seem pretty standard craigslist-style fare so far. I did see one ad for the rare and elusive "Turtoise"! (Aka... another Russian tortoise)

And, of course! It's in the name, so it must be all they ever need to eat, right? I just... I don't... People are ridiculous. :/

 

[sissyofone]

WTH.. That's Crazy.

 

[guille24]

Woow ! The other day I found an ad on Craigslist and some girl was asking 700 dollars for a baby Herman's tortoise lol