How much is a 2-3 year old Cherry Red Foot Tortoise worth?

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Stratoquarius

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I've been given the tortoise to look after, its a lovely little creature and I'm unsure as to wether it will be going back to the owner (where its most definately neglected (kept in a shoebox or a tiny tiny aquarium) I have it set up in a rather spacious 20 long with the correct UVB and heat lamp.

I understand these are very rare tortoises and this one has grow from the size of a belt buckle to a grown mans fist.

if I am to keep the creature, then I would like to know how much it is worth. because I know that someone else out there is probably searching for one of these and can give it a better home than me. as I can't really afford the electric costs of running the tortoise long term.

Thanks

Stratoquarius


ps. it looks like this
http://www.generalexotics.com/images/Cherry_Head_Red_Foot_Tortoise.jpg
 
Damn. That tortoise is looking great bro. Just that i dont know how much its worth.

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Thats not mine, its just an image of one that looks just like mine, its the same colours just a little larger.
mine has more of an orange head though
 
hmmm they are pretty much free if you want to donate it to me and ill cover shipping :)...he can hang out with my two redfoots.
 
Check king snake.com or other web forums.They may have them listed in their classifieds section and you can get an idea of what a good price would be.


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I googled and found out that they go for 500-1000 for my size in the province of alberta, which is good news because that would be nice towards the fishkeeping hobby.
The guy got this tortoise for $500 when it was a hatchling
 
yeah I realised, I did some googling around. I think its cause they don't breed them often in canada and they need to be imported with a license which makes them very hard to obtain. I googled around and found mixed info on how much they cost. a few sites said around $100 for a hatchling. I then came across a forum where someone was asking the same question, and a member who was from Red Deer (not far from Calgary) said they went for 500-1000. I then asked who i got the tortoise from how much they paid, and they said 500 for the hatchling.

Someone is selling one around the same size as mine with enclosure for $700 in my city, So I suppose if I was to sell it, I would go for around 600-700. it would be nice to keep the tortoise however, as they are quite rare here...
 
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