The hatchings sulcatas are $45 each. People rarely have a problem raising the hatchings. The yearlings are $90 each (it takes a lot of time and money to raise them for a year so I don’t sell them for the hatching price). I have worked with sulcatas for many years and have spent a lot of money trying find ways to sex hatchings and it can’t be done. I also invested in a University study to do temperature sex determination study, and blood work. They can be temperature sexed for females at 90 degrees but over 30% will end up with irregular scute patterns, which must be discounted so I rarely temperature sex them anymore. There is no way to determine the sex by blood work. The tortoises I have were incubated between 86 and 88 degrees, which would result in a mix of males and females. If you are interested in breeding them in the future you would do much better buying a pair of yearling heterozygous for “Ivory Tortoise” ($400 a pair). 25% of their babies would be “Ivory tortoises” and would sell for way more than a normal sulcata. I also have unsexed heterozygous tortoises for $100 each and temperature sexed females for $150 each.

If you are interested in the hatching for $45 I will look at them to try and determine the sex but can’t guarantee anything.

Thank you for your interest,

Richard

Amy Greenhut talk about this place and leopard tortoise. I’m. Interested in one. Please let me know when you are ready to talk sow I could give you call.

Thanks

The elongated tortoises are all captive hatched at my facility and they are
2.5 inches long.

Richard