Sulcata yearling sell

[NinjaTortoises]

Well the title isn't what i am doing, well i saw this shop and they were selling a "yearling" for 500 i was like holy heck and was wondering about your thoughts on sulcata pricing and what is fair and unfair, i paid low for mine "hatchlings" because i bought all 4 and asked for lower price. Whats your opinion on what a sulcata should cost by age, say a hatchling price and a yearling and adult, this has interested me as i see tons of different prices going around and some seem very insane, thanks

-David

 

[bigred]

I think alot of us can get normal color hatchlings for 50. to 100. dollars

 

[dannel]

Thats about right up in Canada!

 

[Tom]

Retail establishments have A LOT of over head. They simply must charge more than a guy who keeps adults in his back yard and sells the babies out of his garage.

There really is no set standard. When you consider the time effort and expense that goes into raising a tortoise for an entire year, $500 is really a bargain. That breaks down to $1.37 a day for somebody to do an awful lot of work, pay a lot for food and electricity, pay employees and their workmanship comp, not to mention what they pay in rent and government fees to even have a store front. They are lucky if they break even at that price.

Having said all of that, I wouldn't pay that much, because I can get them cheaper. I think most people on the forum know where to get them cheaper. If that store can get someone to pay that amount, my hat is off to them. Another way to look it from a pet owner perspective is that for your $500, you get a pet that should live for many decades. $500 over 100 years, really doesn't seem like all that much.

 

[bigred]

Well the title isn't what i am doing, well i saw this shop and they were selling a "yearling" for 500 i was like holy heck and was wondering about your thoughts on sulcata pricing and what is fair and unfair, i paid low for mine "hatchlings" because i bought all 4 and asked for lower price. Whats your opinion on what a sulcata should cost by age, say a hatchling price and a yearling and adult, this has interested me as i see tons of different prices going around and some seem very insane, thanks

-David

The shop your talking about probably bought 10 or 20 hatchlings for 40.00 dollars each and is just trying to make as much profit as possible. I had a pet shop call me and offer me 35.00 dollars each for my redfoot hatchlings. I declined

 

[mainey34]

I paid $90 for my yearling. Anything over $100 is way too much. Regardless of what they look like.

 

[NinjaTortoises]

Great replies, thanks guys

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Retail establishments have A LOT of over head. They simply must charge more than a guy who keeps adults in his back yard and sells the babies out of his garage.

There really is no set standard. When you consider the time effort and expense that goes into raising a tortoise for an entire year, $500 is really a bargain. That breaks down to $1.37 a day for somebody to do an awful lot of work, pay a lot for food and electricity, pay employees and their workmanship comp, not to mention what they pay in rent and government fees to even have a store front. They are lucky if they break even at that price.

Having said all of that, I wouldn't pay that much, because I can get them cheaper. I think most people on the forum know where to get them cheaper. If that store can get someone to pay that amount, my hat is off to them. Another way to look it from a pet owner perspective is that for your $500, you get a pet that should live for many decades. $500 over 100 years, really doesn't seem like all that much.

Wow great point, i had never seem it this way

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The shop your talking about probably bought 10 or 20 hatchlings for 40.00 dollars each and is just trying to make as much profit as possible. I had a pet shop call me and offer me 35.00 dollars each for my redfoot hatchlings. I declined

Well i don't know much about redfoots but one you start hitting around 30's for any tortoise/pet thats pretty cheap

 

[omgdoubletacos]

The reptile shop here sells hatchlings at about $180. I got my little guy off Craigslist for 50 that included a 30 gallon tank, the lights, food for a week, thermometers, and a little bedding. Got him for a steal. He was only a couple months old when I received him. unfortunately he did come with a bit of pyramiding starting. But I'm nipping that in the bud with two 20 minute soaks a day every day

 

[acrantophis]

Retail establishments have A LOT of over head. They simply must charge more than a guy who keeps adults in his back yard and sells the babies out of his garage.

There really is no set standard. When you consider the time effort and expense that goes into raising a tortoise for an entire year, $500 is really a bargain. That breaks down to $1.37 a day for somebody to do an awful lot of work, pay a lot for food and electricity, pay employees and their workmanship comp, not to mention what they pay in rent and government fees to even have a store front. They are lucky if they break even at that price.

Having said all of that, I wouldn't pay that much, because I can get them cheaper. I think most people on the forum know where to get them cheaper. If that store can get someone to pay that amount, my hat is off to them. Another way to look it from a pet owner perspective is that for your $500, you get a pet that should live for many decades. $500 over 100 years, really doesn't seem like all that much.

Ditto