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I Recently Bought A Sulcata Tortoise From Cruz Fernandez And Had To Rush Him To Emergency The Next Day. The POor Guy Possibly Has Chv, Tortoise HerPes, Which IS UnCurable And Possibly Fatal. HIs Gut Is Filled With Air, His Lungs Are Backed Up, His Eyes Are Swollen, And He Has A Lesion On His Tongue. Cruz Did Not Inform Me Of ThIs And ConTinued To SEll Me The Tortoise Dispite The Fact I Have Other Reptiles And That This Was A GIft For My Three Year Old Son. He Now Refuses To Address The Situation Even When I Provided Him Proof Through A Vet Diagnosis. He Just Won't Answer Me At All. He Also Is A Flipper, Bought Reptiles At An Expo And Then Started Selling Them For Twice The Price 5 Days Later. DO NOT BUY TRADE OR SELL WITH CRUZ FERNANDEZ
 
Rebecca can you provide pictures, emails, and a copy of the vet diagnosis? Was the tort shipped to you?
 
IF I Can Transfer My Phone Pictures TO Computer. My Phone Won't Do Screen ShOt Of Text MessAges. IDo Have Xrays Of The Tortoise I Can Put On Later. And It Wasnt Shipped, Picked Up locally
 
ANd SorRy My Phone Does This Stupid Cap Thing On Every Internet Typing, It Drives Me Insane Too.
 
bekalyn9 said:
He Also Is A Flipper, Bought Reptiles At An Expo And Then Started Selling Them For Twice The Price 5 Days Later.
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The health issue is one thing, and please provide the emails, vet diagnosis, etc.
But as far as reselling critters, if they were healthy, well taken care of, and subsequent buyers knew that they had not been through a full quarantine, I don't see that as an awful thing.

Have you let him know about this thread?
 
bekalyn9 said:
And It Wasnt Shipped, Picked Up locally
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You say the critter was in such dire straits it had to go to an emergency vet the next day. Did you not see the swollen eyes and so on when you inspected it on purchase?
 
He Was My First Tortoise and Just Noticed Lethargy At Time Of Purchase, Which Was Outside In 40 F And Dark. Next Day Is When I Noticed The Issue, He Is Aware And Does Not Answer With Anything I Say. I Blamed Lethargy On The Cold Weather Until I Warmed Him Up And It Continued. I Am Just Trying To Warn Other People Because He Trades And Sells Alot Of ReptileS. I Was Told To Post On Here About Him By A Few Reptil Group Owners After Telling The Story With My Proof. I Would Have The Diagnosis Posted On Here If My Phone Would Let Me. I Plan On Posting The Xray Pictures And Of Possible The Diagnosis When I Get Home And Get Time. I Can Not Put Th Texts I Dont Have Screen Shot. It Was All Through Text Not Through Email.
 
I Will Try To Take Pictures Of The Text Messages When I Get Home To Show Date Of Purchase Vs Date OfvVet Visit And How He Is Not Answering.
 
My Proof Is In My Gallery, I CAnt Add It To This Right Now For Some Reason, Will Still Post Pics When I Get home
 
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