I didn’t post with the intent to start a new topic, I was telling OP my personal experience with what I spent on my tortoise. My tortoise has never been outside, the outdoor enclosure is for the future when my tortoise is larger. I wasn’t aware people weren’t allowed to plan ahead in this forum...
I bought it from turtles and tortoises inc, run by Jay Frewer. People on this forum recommended him. I’ve mostly been referencing the forum for care info and have been following what you all recommend.
I got a red foot hatchling yesterday, and was lucky that I already had a good outdoor enclosure set up, so that wasn't a cost factor, but I paid about $300 in total for my tortoise and all supplies. i constructed an enclosure based off of what chris from garden state tortoise outlines here:
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Hi everyone,
I brought home a red foot hatchling yesterday. I was told it is about four months old, hatched during the last week of january, but it still has an egg tooth and a large umbilical scar. Its shell is about 3 inches long and 2 inches wide. Do you all think my tortoise is younger than...