Just try to have some fun while you can! You can breed them in 5 years. You can invest in hets. The price will not go to $40 anywere near that fast. People that do it for the money are the ones that make it possable for everyone to afford one as the market exspans. Its Capitalism 101 in its finest hour. Supply and demand loweres cost to everyone and rewards the risk takers. The reason Sulcuta prices became so cheep so fast was a glut caused by pet owners that offered them to the public very cheep as it was not their only income,they mature very quick (not the people) are very prolific (the tortoises) and easy to hatch. If they would have sold them to brokers and wholesalers the tortoises would be marked up there by maintaining a higher retail price. Once the wholesalers see a "advertised" price all of them from that day forward will only pay 1/3 of that price. They worked twice as hard for half the money and ruined the market for everyone including the Sulcuta tortoise by making it the "goldfish" of the tortoise trade. They were just hobbyest with no understanding of marketing, not busnessmen. What happens next? Most "breeders" get out, hobbyest stop breeding them because it isnt worth it, more time goes by, there are less, the price goes back up "a little" for the people that waited it out. Have fun while you can the Government in the new "post america" era are going to take reptiles away from "the masses" and you can tell your grandchildren while at a Gov.Zoo about THE GRATE SULCUTA GLUT in the free market, as my friend and founding father Tom Crutchfield would say "back in the day" or like Jeff Gee's slogan bumper sticker in the "80's" If turtles are outlawed only outlaws will have turtles. Future outlaw Vic Morgan

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