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ok so my wife is going to buy a sulcata that is 18 years old right,but what doesn't sound right to me is she said that the seller told her it is only 10 INCHES
i mean i dont know much about torties but that sounds pretty small right?
 
Way to small. We have 9 year olds that are 20".

Around here, Sulcatta's are a rescue animal and buying one is not needed.
 
yeah see that sounded to small to me ,oh yeah sorry she did say it was up for adoption! but for 100 bucks i told her that it sounded like a sale.
 
I have a 3 year old sulcata that is almost 7 inches. However, heavily pyramided sulcatas will have shorter SCLs than they ought to. If the sulcata is that old and that small you may be dealing with an animal with MBD or kidney issues. They're tough little guys so may still make for a great pet with improved care, but you probably shouldn't consider breeding.

If it has a relatively smooth shell and no obvious signs of MBD, it is either a lot younger than they're claiming or it could be a California Desert Tortoise that they're trying to illegally "sell" by claiming it is a sulcata. Or, I suppose if they really don't know their tortoises they could be confused about what is... But if it is a CDT they are legally required to give it away, for free, usually to a rescue organization who will find a home for it.

Now, if it actually is a 10", 18 year old, fully grown, perfectly healthy sulcata I say pay the $100 because breeding that little guy to create a line of small-size sulcatas could make you a mint. :)
 
18 year old sulcata?:shrug01:
 

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No way he is 8 years old, let alone 18. He's got a little pyramid action going on, but looks good. $100 at that size would be a decent price, but is not an adoption...
 
It was feed a diet of pellets its entire life,that is what they they told us,also it was housed with a russian tort in a 40 g tank,or maybe its a dwarf sulcata:D
 
Update on this little guy

instead of starting a new thread i figured just update this older one to show you guys how this (not so 18 yr) old tort is doing :D
here are some pics of turddle with the same box turtle he posed with 3 years ago
he has grown like a weed.and he eats so much its unbelievable,and maan he poops ridiculously huge:ack2: hence his name:rofl:
 

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Looks wonderful! Our guy passed last year. I was on a work trip and when my wife got home from work she found him on his back. I made sure that he didn't have anything in his pen that he could climb up, so my only guess is that he tried to climb out and flipped over. I've read that it's common for that to happen, but we were still very sad we lost him. They are such personable and intelligent animals.
 
Sorry to hear that about your tort ,they really are cool guys to have,you know mine is always trying to climb our fence i think he sees some of the greenery on the other side or something but im allways looking to make sure he is ok for that reason he might topple over.Again tho sorry about your tort.
 
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