HIGHER PRICING

[ALDABRAMAN]

What does everyone think about the current hatchling prices? Seems like prices are getting higher and higher with every species these days!

 

[G-stars]

I haven't been in the hobby for too long to notice it. Are all species prices going up?

May make sense with everything else going up in prices though.

 

[leigti]

I think popularity is probably making the prices go up. I'm not sure it really helps a species when they get really popular.

 

[Tom]

Do things ever get cheaper? All the expenses are going up, so why wouldn't the prices go up with those expenses? I have not noticed a difference, but I have been shopping around for anything lately too.

Supply and demand also applies.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Supply and demand also applies.

~ I spoke to a large scale local sulcata breeder a few days ago and demand for sulcata hatchlings is high, about $40 wholesale these days!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

~ I spoke to a large scale local sulcata breeder a few days ago and demand for sulcata hatchlings is high, about $40 wholesale these days!

It's not pricing look for pancakes you just can't find a adult to save your life ! That's worse then high prices !

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

It's not pricing look for pancakes you just can't find a adult to save your life ! That's worse then high prices !

~ I totally can relate, try finding quality mature female aldabra tortoises, next to impossible!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

~ I totally can relate, try finding quality mature female aldabra tortoises, next to impossible!

Smile when you find one - you could buy a house with what it will cost !

 

[teresaf]

Good, the more people spend on one the less likely they will be to mistreat or abandon it.

 

[teresaf]

Prices will go down when market gets saturated. Supply and demand. Not a good thing.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Here, in Fes, Morocco, a tiny baby will cost you about $3 , less if you haggle.
It would be better if the price were much higher to prevent people buying them as disposable, replaceable toys for children.

 

[spud's_mum]

Spud costed me £120

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I am only familiar with Redfoot. Babies here are around $125 U.S.

 

[Rutibegga]

I saw a sulcata hatchling in a local store for $289. Not enough to discourage an uninformed buyer, I don't think, but not cheap. Also, absolutely no information was given about caring for it, and it was in a 5 gallon terrarium. They also had wild caught Russians going for about $200.

 

[teresaf]

my two Burmese Black Mountain tortoise babies were almost $500 including shipping from Florida to Ohio. I had really shopped around for the best price at the time, though, and actually got a price reduction since I was buying two.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

~ Big differences between retail and wholesale pricing!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Good, the more people spend on one the less likely they will be to mistreat or abandon it.

That's why people spend $30,000.00 for a car and drive it into the ground or buy a house and turn it into a junk yard .

 

[Rutibegga]

Good, the more people spend on one the less likely they will be to mistreat or abandon it.

You'd think so, but I've seen people drop $2000 on a purebred cat, then freak out at the cost of basic vet care.

I've probably spent triple the cost of my tortoise on the supplies for her enclosure, and I don't even her her yet. When I get her, there will be a vet visit at a large referral hospital. It will probably cost twice what I paid for her. To me, this is a given. I think to most people, it's crazy.

Priorities. When it comes to pets, a lot of people don't have them in order. But increasingly, I think more people are coming around to the "pets as family" mindset. So there's that.

 

[teresaf]

That's why people spend $30,000.00 for a car and drive it into the ground or buy a house and turn it into a junk yard .

I said that it was "less likely".

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

I said that it was "less likely".

What is " less likely "