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Hello, everyone, this is my very first post here. I will most likely be getting a small tortoise in the next few months. Today, I went to a Petco, just to see what kinds of tortoises, enclosures, and furnishings they have (after weeks of researching tortoises online, I haven't found many good things about pet store chains). There were about five Russian tortoises that were 4-5 inches long in a fairly small tank (2-3 square feet, difficult to tell because it was pentagon-shaped). They didn't seem to have anything wrong with their shells, the few heads and feet i could see looked fine, but. . . in the few minutes I was there, the only movement I saw was one blinking. However, the tank thermometer said it was about 75 degrees (room temperature, no special heating), so maybe they were just sluggish from the cold.
They are $100, and, though they don't seem glaringly unwell, I would like to know if I should consider buying them. If I do not buy a tortoise from the pet shop, I will buy one from turtlesupply.com, which is much more expensive.
They are $100, and, though they don't seem glaringly unwell, I would like to know if I should consider buying them. If I do not buy a tortoise from the pet shop, I will buy one from turtlesupply.com, which is much more expensive.