Has anyone ever heard of Halloween Colored redfoots?

[Dkozi7]

My local store had a redfoot with beautiful coloring and personality. He was about 5-6 inches in length and they were selling for $250 ( they are often over priced on animals but use for feeders). I did a Google search and didn't find anything. Anyone heard of these?

 

[leigti]

Sounds like a marketing ploy to me. But if you're in the market for Redfoot tortoise go for it.

 

[Dkozi7]

Sounds like a marketing ploy to me. But if you're in the market for Redfoot tortoise go for it.

I thought so too but a few days ago someone on this forum someone said they had hatchlings that were looking a little "hallow weenie" and thought it might be a new morph. He was nice but not $250 nice. Just curious if something I hadn't heard of yet.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Nah, sales ploy.
They'll be Christmas Elves next.

 

[domalle]

Nah, sales ploy.
They'll be Christmas Elves next.

Christmas Elf redfoot morphs go for much more than $250.

 

[Dkozi7]

Nah, sales ploy.
They'll be Christmas Elves next.

Thanks Adam! =) elves scare me ! That man wrote me back about the other redfoot and I can't decide. Now I'm on a mission.

 

[Dkozi7]

Christmas Elf redfoot morphs go for much more than $250.

Ohhhh! I think I might hold out for those christmas morphs! Lol!

 

[leigti]

Christmas Elf redfoot morphs go for much more than $250.

That is a very good "intelligent donkey" answer. I like it

 

[allegraf]

Candy corn is a good name for a halloweenie morph. All a marketing ploy but still fun to think of names.

 

[crabby-J]

LOL!

 

[AnimalLady]

Did it look Halloweenie? What colors did it have? I'm interested in seeing this $250 zombie tort LOL

 

[dmmj]

I'm curious as to what halloweenie color means? 150 for a regular red foot or 250 for Halloween 1?great marketing ploy a picture would have been nice. @N2TORTS any news on this?

 

[mike taylor]

Its when you want to sell something so you say anything to get people to buy buy buy

 

[allegraf]

Yup, it is all really crap. Unfortunately, the marketing scam seems to work. I'll work on finding a weenie colored baby for you!

 

[cdmay]

Agree. This is how that incredibly stupid and misleading name 'cherry-head' appeared.
Now we can't shed it.

 

[AnimalLady]

Agree. This is how that incredibly stupid and misleading name 'cherry-head' appeared.
Now we can't shed it.

There are actually differences between the cherry heads and the other reds though. Do you disagree with that?

 

[allegraf]

Agree. This is how that incredibly stupid and misleading name 'cherry-head' appeared.
Now we can't shed it.

Oh PUL-EEZE! it is true, that the name started as a marketing ploy but I do believe there is something to it, in the sense that the cherries are different than the northerns.

 

[cdmay]

There are actually differences between the cherry heads and the other reds though. Do you disagree with that?

Oh no, not at all. There are certainly differences between the northern forms, the so called cherry-heads, the large Chaco animals, the Mato Grasso tortoises and so on. I'm fairly certain there are at least four distinct subspecies of red-foot tortoises that are simply awaiting official designation.
But my objected is to a name that hypes a trait that not all animals of the group possess with the result being confusion. For instance, most cherry-heads could just as easily be called 'orange-heads' because they have bright orange colors on their faces. Others (actually a great many) have heads that are distinctly coral colored. But then some keepers insist that only the very red faced, or red headed animals are 'true' cherry-heads and that any tortoise without that trait--even though it possesses all of the other identifying criteria of that form--are hybrids. Or mutts, or whatever.

Also, the name cherry-head was coined by a couple of employees at Pet Farm in the early 1980s for one reason and one reason only: To hype sales and drive up prices.

 

[dmmj]

orange head does not have the same appeal as cherry heads

 

[cdmay]

orange head does not have the same appeal as cherry heads

Well, you got me there!