Recent content by cdmay

I’m no red-foot expert either. But that’s a female!

Beautiful!

Thanks Bill!

Back in the early 70's I started keeping red-footed tortoises. At that time I met Ted Tuchak who also kept red-foots. Ted and I are friends to this day. Anyway, by around 1977 or 78 we had put some of our respective adults together with the hopes of breeding them. Ted had a couple of beautiful...

I don't know if it's mentioned before, but we know have a wonderful tool to help figure out what red-footed tortoises from various localities actually look like. Inaturalist.org provides countless images of flora and fauna from their native ranges. If you enter 'red-footed tortoise' in the...

Just now saw this Zeropilot. It's hilarious! Thanks

It is a simple thing to resolve. Show the parents. Despite its somewhat pale color the neonate in the photo looks like a Testudo, likely a Testudo hermanni.

Um, is that a red-footed tortoise? The prominent nuchal scute says no. Do you have images of the parents?

Looks really healthy. Nice weigh but not overly fat. I thought female on your original thread, but not sure now. Can be difficult from photos alone. Regardless, Lazarus is a superb specimen!

Does indeed look like a possible hybrid. The radiata X carbonaria has been done before.

Guppies are fine. Native Gambusia are even better. Avoid goldfish, rosy reds, bait shop minnows and the like.

Blowing chunks of mealworms is common. They are mostly shell. Cooked shrimp or lean chicken will result in a spoiled sideneck.;)

Nice photos, thanks. They help enormously. Pelomedusa subrufra for sure. No doubt. Flawless specimen too! Looks like a female. Could be a young male but I doubt it. See the website Pelomedusa.com The site hasn't been updated in some time but it is a great resource. You have found a gem of a...

Way to go wendigo! Happy that you saved Lazarus from the box pet store. If you didn't know already he/she appears to be a Pelomedusa subrufra or African helmeted turtle. They are side-necks for sure. A good photo of the plastron and tail could help confirm identity and gender. Don't let that...

It was a good question to ask. Wish more folks would ask first before learning the hard way.