My 2 most friendly outgoing torts have been female, and yes my male torts have some serious junk to show. Im talking torts not people
Do males or females make better pets?
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bigred said:My 2 most friendly outgoing torts have been female, and yes my male torts have some serious junk to show. Im talking torts not people
Hmm, leaning towards female.
Question though, the place where I am planning on ordering has females listed as $50 more than the males. Any ideas why?
http://www.tortoisesupply.com/products/Russian-Tortoise.html
~Amanda~ said:bigred said:My 2 most friendly outgoing torts have been female, and yes my male torts have some serious junk to show. Im talking torts not people
Hmm, leaning towards female.
Question though, the place where I am planning on ordering has females listed as $50 more than the males. Any ideas why?
http://www.tortoisesupply.com/products/Russian-Tortoise.html
Females are usually worth more in general because they are the ones that lay the eggs. Tortoisesupply is where I got one of my friendly females from, good place to buy from
~Amanda~ said:
Supply and demand. Usually people only want one male, but several females. Or at least a ratio of one male to several females per group. This makes females more in demand. There reproductive ability is also a factor.
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Tom said:
Oh, thanks! That makes sense. Bummer, funding is not something that I have excess of. The main reason that I can't purchase a Tortoise at the moment is because I'm still saving up. I'll definitely get there though, eventually.
I think the extra cost would be worth it if I really want a female, I mean these pets stay around for quite a long time so I want the one that is right, ya know? Especially because I know this will be my only Tortoise.
Thanks again, everyone! The members here never fail to provide some great info.
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