So I'm visiting my parent after finals and they have a reptile show in this weekend, it was a little disappointing on the tortoise front (there was an adult pair of beautiful sullys and red foots both that I, of course, can't afford ). There was however one little blonde beauty of a sully hatchling that I'm rather enamored of, she was in a dry ten gallon with about 12 of her brothers and sisters and a couple little redfoots... I understand show housing so I was willing to forgive them that because they a looked pretty healthy. But I flagged down the girl and asked how much her sullys were and she puttered around for a minute, asked me to point out which breed I wanted again then was like "OHH it's 85 or 100 I can't tell which is which" that really turned me off. Not just the price which I think is pretty steep (I think it's safe to assume the sulcatas were 85) but that she didn't seem to know anything about tortoises, and then just sort of stood there and stared blankly when I started enquiring about background info.
I really want to get a couple more sullys and have them be about Levi's size but is it worth it to go back tomorrow and (hopefully) talk to someone else to see if anyone at the table is knowledgeable and maybe talk them down a bit... I feel like charging 85 is negating any benefit of getting one in person at a show rather than having to ship.
Thoughts?
I really want to get a couple more sullys and have them be about Levi's size but is it worth it to go back tomorrow and (hopefully) talk to someone else to see if anyone at the table is knowledgeable and maybe talk them down a bit... I feel like charging 85 is negating any benefit of getting one in person at a show rather than having to ship.
Thoughts?