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I want to thank everyone that responded to my question about pyramiding. I have a question about forced soaking I’m hoping this forum can help me with. As I stated before I have 2 LTC about 3-4 years old with a significant amount of pyramiding. I’ve made water available to...

I think my redfoot hatchling (Sophie) has mites. I'm seeing tiny white bugs jump from her shell. I never noticed them before, but I took her out on our lawn last week and I wondering if that's where she got them? I saw a post that said to buy a strip and take away the water dish for a...

I’m SO excited:D! I am bringing home a juvenile pair of cherryheads next week. They are approx 5.5 inches and the larger one weighs over 15 pounds (I’ll for sure post pictures when I get them home). I’ve delayed bringing them home, because I want everything to be perfect...

Please don't critisize my for my inexperience I'm in a learning curve with my tortoise:( I had such a shock this afternoon. I was supervising a visit with my 4 year old and our Cherryhead hatchling “Sophie”. I was holding Sophie on my palm on the ground and I told my daughter to...

I'm in the process of bringing home 2 sub adult redfoots. They are 5 and 5.5 inches. My small back yard is tortoise proof, and I would like to let the tortoises outdoors during the day and inside at night. My only concern is over predators. I'm in an urban part of San Diego but I occasionally...

My family just got our first redfoot (cherry head) hatchling at noon today. She (everything is a she in my house, except my poor husband) is amazing; we are so in love with her (she has a heart on her shell)! I posted pictures of her in the picture section. Anyway my question is, her...

I wanted to share with everyone our redfoot hatchling enclosure. I got the plans for it off redfoot.com (thanks Terry;)) and made a few adaptations- we added hinges to the top, molding on the sides to stabilize the top and painted it green. It took us all weekend and cost about $150 to make...

I am over the moon with excitement over our new little one. It's our first tortoise as a family. She (I have 2 daughters and everything is a girl- they named our male beta Fee-fee) arrived from Florida around 12:00 today and is more beautiful then I imagined. I'm also shocked by how well she...

I thought it would be fun to know what your favorite breed of tortoise is. For those of you that only have one breed, what was it that made you choose that breed?

Hi- I wanted to take the time to introduce myself. I’ve spent the last month and a half studying tortoises. After reading everything I can on redfoots, memorizing Terry’s Care sheets (thanks Terry), and converting my backyard into the ultimate redfoot habitat (I ‘m a...

Wanted: adult female cherry head redfoot with a great personality. She will have an amazing home with us; given the best possible care with daily love and attention. This would be an ideal situation for someone needing/looking to re-home a dearly loved pet! Please e-mail me at [email protected]...

Hi- I have decided to get a tortoise and I have it narrowed down between a Redfoot and a Marginated. I've noticed that some members of this group have both, and I was hoping someone could tell me which of the two are more outgoing/ friendly? Are Marginateds generally friendly or...