I am not new to this board I am just new to posting on it ..I have a ?? I am thinking about getting a russian but the thought of hiberntion is the thing holding me back .do you HAVE to hibernate one? will it hurt the tort to NOT do it? I have had a sulcata in the past and to make a long story short she was the love of my life...my son left our gate open (yes it had a lock but he forgot to close it while getting his bike) and we never saw our tort again after months of fliers ads in the paper etc I am just now getting to the point of considering a new love..I would LOVE another sulcata but I live in upstate Ny and getting one here can be tough I have heard the horror stories of shipping on here and dont want to risk it. I have the opportunity to aquire a russian hatchling for about $250(is this a normal $$?) so basicly it is sulcata or russian? I know how big sulcatas get I know how $$ the vet bills are been there done that .so I would love to know more about russians so I can decide what to do thanks so much !

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