Is this a good place to buy a Russian tortoise?

[Noah101]

Do you guys think this is a good place to buy an adult female Russian if not could you recommend a better place that ships to nj or I can pick up close to nj?

 

[Megatron's Mom]

I don't know anything about that breeder. But my daughter uses MorphMarket all the time. MorphMarket does try their best to keep out scammers.

 

[Tom]

Do you guys think this is a good place to buy an adult female Russian if not could you recommend a better place that ships to nj or I can pick up close to nj?

I don't know this seller, but I already see one problem. They are advertising a "female baby Russian tortoise". There is no way to sex a baby. They can be surgically sexed as babies, but that would cost much more than the selling price of this tortoise. If incubated on the warmer side, in theory, you should get more females, but only sulcatas have been studied in a lab, so sulcatas are the only species where the exact temps to produce all males or all females is known.

I would recommend buying from one of the many breeders on this forum that are up to date on current and correct care info. I personally know and highly recommend the first three here. I don't know dovelett15, but I remembered seeing an ad recently.

@TylerStewart
@biochemnerd808
@HoosierTort
@dovelett15

 

[wellington]

I know the same as those above. No experience with them.
I agree with Tom though.

 

[Noah101]

I don't know this seller, but I already see one problem. They are advertising a "female baby Russian tortoise". There is no way to sex a baby. They can be surgically sexed as babies, but that would cost much more than the selling price of this tortoise. If incubated on the warmer side, in theory, you should get more females, but only sulcatas have been studied in a lab, so sulcatas are the only species where the exact temps to produce all males or all females is known.

I would recommend buying from one of the many breeders on this forum that are up to date on current and correct care info. I personally know and highly recommend the first three here. I don't know dovelett15, but I remembered seeing an ad recently.

@TylerStewart
@biochemnerd808
@HoosierTort
@dovelett15

Okay thank you so much!!

 

[Noah101]

It said their 3-4 years old maybe the baby part is just a misprint because on morph market the diet also sometimes misprinted so I think it may be a misprint should u still use a different source?

 

[Noah101]

I don't know this seller, but I already see one problem. They are advertising a "female baby Russian tortoise". There is no way to sex a baby. They can be surgically sexed as babies, but that would cost much more than the selling price of this tortoise. If incubated on the warmer side, in theory, you should get more females, but only sulcatas have been studied in a lab, so sulcatas are the only species where the exact temps to produce all males or all females is known.

I would recommend buying from one of the many breeders on this forum that are up to date on current and correct care info. I personally know and highly recommend the first three here. I don't know dovelett15, but I remembered seeing an ad recently.

@TylerStewart
@biochemnerd808
@HoosierTort
@dovelett15

How about this one. he’s a rescue?

 

[Tom]

How about this one. he’s a rescue?

Are you looking for an adult or a baby?
Are you looking to buy one or rescue one for free?
Do you mind dealing with the potential disease and parasites of an imported animal, or does a CB animal that is more likely to be disease and parasite free better suit your interests?

 

[Anastasia 22]

I was recommended to use Morph by people from the exotic pet stores. I couldn't find Russian tortoise locally and they told me to check with Morph. I saw pictures of three baby Russians there and it said one was for sale (it didn't say which one though). I don't know but something told me not to deal with them. I found my Russian boy in a pet store and I didn't mind to drive for 6 hours to get him....