dang it!

[cvalda]

This "breeders trio" that I just got... turns out they are ALL female! ARGH! Some luck they'll have breeding with each other! I guess I need to track down another male one of these days, or hope that at least one of my two little ones turns out to be male!

 

[Iluvemturts]

That is actually a good thing. Females tend to be harder to find and males are a dime a dozen. Check into craigslist.com sometimes you can find them just needing a good home.

 

[cvalda]

lol craigslist is where i got these three from! i'll be keeping an eye on it, that's for sure!

 

[Iluvemturts]

oohh so did you get the ones with the tort table included? I talked with the chick but I felt she wanted too much $$$ for them. She told me 500$ hope you got them cheaper.

 

[JustAnja]

Yea I saw those torts on craiglist too. lol I thought about contacting as well.

 

[Jacqui]

Any possibility that they may have had contact with a male and be able to have fertile eggs even without you having a male? Of course you will need a male in the future, but might still give you a pleasant gift now. Always much better to find out you have all females, then all males.

 

[T-P]

It is possible Jacqui, but doubtful if they were the only torts owned by the person selling them.

cvalda, you could possible do a Trade-Swap, 1 of your females for a Male, alot of people do that.

Or you can just search around for a Male Tortoise.

if you have a reptile center near by, normally most reptile centers will Order a reptile for you if you are willing to pay a lil extra than normal asking price.

My uncles friend ordered 2 females and 1 male from the reptile center near me.
The females were going 100 each, and male was going 120. They only paid on top of all an extra 50 pounds.

 

[cvalda]

Iluvemturts, I got her down to $400, and yep with the table and all the supplies! They are very healthy and doing really well, and SOOOOOO friendly!

Jacqui, I believe these were her only ones in the last 2.5 years so I doubt that will happen.

I did find a 5" male a few days ago, though, so now after quarantine, we'll hopefully have some action going on this spring!!!