Well I decided to go to the Flea Market today and I wanted to check out the little pet store that they have there. I was so excited when I saw a sulcata that looked like it was almost a foot long.
I looked inside of the fish tank (yep, first bad thing) and seen that it was pyramiding really badly. The bedding that it was walking on was little rocks that it could easily eat. The water was in a bowl that had really high sides so it had to climb up it to get a drink, same with the food dish (but there was nothing in there at all).
I was curious about how old it was and if it was a male or female so I went to talk to the owners. I ask a lady there how old it was and she said 7 years old. Then I ask if it was a male or female. She had no idea. So I asked if I could holded it to check it out. She climbed on the table to get to it (the tank was behind all of the snakes tank).
When she gave it to me I noticed that it was covered in poo. I flipped it over and found out that it is a female, I let the lady know also. The sulcata was sooo... friendly. While I was holding her, she was just looking around.
While holding it, a couple passed by me and ask me about it. When they asked about how big that she would get I let them know the truth. They were supprised and walk away. When I looked over at the lady she gave a not so happy look like why did you just tell them that.
The price on the tank was $395. When I handed the sulcata over the lady quickly said that she would take $300 for her. Interesting how she would quickly drop the price by about $100.
I feel so bad for that Sulcata. First of all I don't have $300 for her (and I think that is way overpriced), and I don't want to give them money just so they can go out and get another to put in horrible conditions. But I really wished that I could have somehow rescued it.
Sorry about how long this was to read, but I had to vent. She doesn't want to tell people about how big she is going to get. And I just felt so bad about walking away from her
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Jamie
1 Sulcata (Bowser)
www.myspace.com/bowsertortoise
I looked inside of the fish tank (yep, first bad thing) and seen that it was pyramiding really badly. The bedding that it was walking on was little rocks that it could easily eat. The water was in a bowl that had really high sides so it had to climb up it to get a drink, same with the food dish (but there was nothing in there at all).
I was curious about how old it was and if it was a male or female so I went to talk to the owners. I ask a lady there how old it was and she said 7 years old. Then I ask if it was a male or female. She had no idea. So I asked if I could holded it to check it out. She climbed on the table to get to it (the tank was behind all of the snakes tank).
When she gave it to me I noticed that it was covered in poo. I flipped it over and found out that it is a female, I let the lady know also. The sulcata was sooo... friendly. While I was holding her, she was just looking around.
While holding it, a couple passed by me and ask me about it. When they asked about how big that she would get I let them know the truth. They were supprised and walk away. When I looked over at the lady she gave a not so happy look like why did you just tell them that.
The price on the tank was $395. When I handed the sulcata over the lady quickly said that she would take $300 for her. Interesting how she would quickly drop the price by about $100.
I feel so bad for that Sulcata. First of all I don't have $300 for her (and I think that is way overpriced), and I don't want to give them money just so they can go out and get another to put in horrible conditions. But I really wished that I could have somehow rescued it.
Sorry about how long this was to read, but I had to vent. She doesn't want to tell people about how big she is going to get. And I just felt so bad about walking away from her
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Jamie
1 Sulcata (Bowser)
www.myspace.com/bowsertortoise