"Captive bred Russian tortoises haven't cost $150-200 in many years. Now days it's not uncommon to find them for less than $100 because so many are reproducing in captivity."


I haven't seen many. Heck the classifieds are all around $125 here (although there was one ad for 95).

Either way, thats from breeders. Petco and all those chains aren't the type of place to do buisness through a breeder and even if they did you're looking at prices around $200 or more (again, they double their price to get a profit).
Petco and all them will get a much better turnover if the animals are cheap. And the cheapest out there are still wild caughts DISPITE more russians being bred in captivity.

And I maintain that since 99% of the pet stores go through a distributor, the price markup goes up TWICE. Once for the pet store and once for the distributor. And since its pretty easy to get russians right off the boat for $25 a pop, you're looking at a distributor selling them for $50 and the store selling them for $100.



As for a 20 gallon. Gee's thats just crazy. I'd never put a tort in a 20. I wouldn't put one in a 30 or 40...just too small.
Maybe for a short term quarantine pen...but you'd be better off using a 50 gallon tote.

My indoor pen in 3x4 feet and I feel even THAT is too small. My outdoor pen is 5x10 and I'd even like THAT bigger.

A 20 gal is just silly.

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